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Keheliya Gallaba
Dec 22, 2013, 1:14:00 AM12/22/13
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Hi all,
Today is a great day for this group. A pioneering advocate of open source software, Chris DiBona accoladed Sri Lanka for the contribution in GSoC and FOSS in general. In his own words:
"Every year that goes by we see more people from outside of the US take part [in GSoC]. The US still has a healthy proportion - 250 or something - but it's amazing to see where people pop up - like Sri Lanka. Even during the civil war we still had Tamil and other Sri Lankan students taking part in the Summer of Code; it's like, how did it transcend borders in that way in that country? And so, Sri Lanka has always been really interesting to us in ways that even India and China are not.
Here's basically a very small nation, and if you look at it, there's a couple of universities that really glommed onto Summer of Code as a way of expanding their curriculum. Think about that. 79 Computer Science students in a small university in a small country in the midst of a civil war, all doing remarkable work. This is the promise of the internet and computer science made flesh." [link]
I think we should all take pride, as students, mentors, well-wishers and finally as Sri Lankans, for contributing with small steps, inspiring people around us, making a mark on the world map for a good thing! I think I should specially thank few people like Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Kasun Gajasinghe, Thilanka Kaushalya (from University of Moratuwa), Arunoda Susiripala (from University of Kelaniya), Buddie Kurera (from University of Peradeniya), Suranga Nath Kasthurirathne (from IIT) and many who came before them, for pioneering in spreading the word, organizing meetups and going places! AFAICR we did sessions in University of Jaffna, Pera, IESL etc and we used to hang-out in the #gsoc-lk irc channel in FreeNode too.
So let's pat ourselves on the back once more and get motivated to do better in the coming years, not only in GSoC or Code-In, but in the open source community as well. As Sri Lankans let's all have a greater impact on realizing "the true promise of the internet and computer science" as Chris DiBona said.
Bravo!
[link] http://www.techradar.com/news/software/how-open-source-changed-google-and-how-google-changed-open-source-1206582
Best Regards,Today is a great day for this group. A pioneering advocate of open source software, Chris DiBona accoladed Sri Lanka for the contribution in GSoC and FOSS in general. In his own words:
"Every year that goes by we see more people from outside of the US take part [in GSoC]. The US still has a healthy proportion - 250 or something - but it's amazing to see where people pop up - like Sri Lanka. Even during the civil war we still had Tamil and other Sri Lankan students taking part in the Summer of Code; it's like, how did it transcend borders in that way in that country? And so, Sri Lanka has always been really interesting to us in ways that even India and China are not.
Here's basically a very small nation, and if you look at it, there's a couple of universities that really glommed onto Summer of Code as a way of expanding their curriculum. Think about that. 79 Computer Science students in a small university in a small country in the midst of a civil war, all doing remarkable work. This is the promise of the internet and computer science made flesh." [link]
I think we should all take pride, as students, mentors, well-wishers and finally as Sri Lankans, for contributing with small steps, inspiring people around us, making a mark on the world map for a good thing! I think I should specially thank few people like Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Kasun Gajasinghe, Thilanka Kaushalya (from University of Moratuwa), Arunoda Susiripala (from University of Kelaniya), Buddie Kurera (from University of Peradeniya), Suranga Nath Kasthurirathne (from IIT) and many who came before them, for pioneering in spreading the word, organizing meetups and going places! AFAICR we did sessions in University of Jaffna, Pera, IESL etc and we used to hang-out in the #gsoc-lk irc channel in FreeNode too.
So let's pat ourselves on the back once more and get motivated to do better in the coming years, not only in GSoC or Code-In, but in the open source community as well. As Sri Lankans let's all have a greater impact on realizing "the true promise of the internet and computer science" as Chris DiBona said.
Bravo!
[link] http://www.techradar.com/news/software/how-open-source-changed-google-and-how-google-changed-open-source-1206582
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Kasun Gajasinghe
Dec 22, 2013, 9:09:34 AM12/22/13
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Absolutely Keheliya, this is great news. Especially coming from a high profile character like Chris DiBona. Kudos to you too Keheliya for your part to bring Sri Lanka to this state.
Regards,
Kasun
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Arunoda Susiripala
Dec 22, 2013, 9:19:00 AM12/22/13
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This is the best.
"Sri Lanka has always been really interesting to us in ways that even India and China are not"
Good Luck and thank you guys, specially the student, mentors, academia, alumnus from Mora and Pera.
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