Feedback from Leslie and my response. Aik-Siong Koh

Leslie:

Thanks for your reply. We do appreciate the past support for Squeak. We will
continue to improve and try again. Let us know if you have any suggestions
for us.

All the best,
Aik-Siong Koh

> Hello Aik-Siong,
> 
> Thank you for your email. I am afraid the feedback I will have for you
> will
> not be very satisfying. We simply chose not to accept some organizations
> this year that we had in the past, and Squeak was one that was debated for
> quite awhile. We are varying the mix of projects each year and as we
> decided
> to accept fewer organizations this year - down to 150 - we were forced to
> make some very tough decisions. Your application was good and we sincerely
> thank you for all that you have done in the past with Google Summer of
> Code.
> 
> 
> With best regards,
> LH
> 
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Aik-Siong Koh <askoh at askoh.com> wrote:
> 
>> Leslie:
>>
>> I just found out that Squeak Smalltalk has been rejected after two very
>> successful years with GSOC. Google Malaysia even interviewed one of our
>> project students. And all our last year's projects completed with
>> significant results.
>>
>> How can I and the Squeak community get feedback on the cause?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aik-Siong Koh
>> Squeak Smalltalk admin
>>
>>
> 
> 
> --
> Leslie Hawthorn
> Program Manager - Open Source
> Google Inc.
> 
> http://code.google.com/opensource/
> 
> I blog here:
> 
> http://google-opensource.blogspot.com - http://www.hawthornlandings.org
> 

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