Just curious, since I work for a .edu in the USA....
Regarding OpenSolaris, I seem to have noticed that the bulk
of
academic-related programs and contests have had a distinct
geographic
bias towards Asia. I hope I'm mistaken, but I can't help
but to
think Sun has forsaken (for lack of a better term) the US
market for
cultivating academic interest in OpenSolaris/Solaris. If so,
is it
perhaps due to the perception that Linux is already too
entrenched in
the US edu realm?
/dale
On May 17, 2007, at 9:24 AM, joey wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Attached please find the Project proposal for the
OpenSolaris
> programming contest in China academic developers. Your
comments and
> backing are appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Joey Guo, University Program Manager
> Sun China Engineering & Research Institute
> Tel: (86)10-62673245
> Mobile: (86)13701115218
> <//-- Open Source or Die! -->
> http://blogs.sun.com/Joe
yGuo
> http://opentech.org.cn
> http://eri.prc/wiki/univ
>
> OpenSolaris Programming Contest Proposal
>
> 1. Executive Summary
>
> This proposal is to organize the OpenSolaris
Programming Contest
> within academic developers in China. The goal of the
programming
> contest is to cultivate the OpenSolaris academic
developers in
> China, as well as grow the OpenSolaris community. The
contest will
> target at 20,000 Sun Studio active users as well as
20,000
> OpenSolaris registration. As the side result, several
Intern
> candidates will be selected out of the winners for the
Campus
> Ambassador program.
>
> The proposal focuses on China academic developers now,
but it can
> be easily expanded to academic developers across the
world, or even
> commercial developers in the future.
>
> 2. Background
>
> With the OpenSolaris Curriculum Program, there are over
90 China
> universities integrated OpenSolaris into the Operating
System
> Curricula. Since this January, OpenSolaris Registration
Promotion
> has been launched on OpenTech website in China and it
has attracted
> over 14,000 OpenSolaris developers to register and
request for
> OpenSolaris Starter Kit. Moreover, the success of
ACM/ICPC Xi'An
> Regional Contest on OpenSolaris has proven the
viability of
> programming contest using OpenSolaris and Sun Studio.
To make the
> development environment widely available for new
developers, we
> have set up the cutting-edge server (unix-center.net)
installed
> with Solaris and Sun Studio in China. In the past 6
weeks, over
> 10,000 people have login this server to try the
development
> environment.
>
> 3. The Program
>
> To enable the contestants to innovate based on
OpenSolaris, several
> factors are key to the success of the contest:
> a. Rules to keep the contest attractive, fair play and
innovation-
> oriented
> b. Effective promotion to catch the right people in
right way at
> right time
> c. Engineering support from the OpenSolaris community
and Solaris team
>
> As the contestant, he/she will attend the contest with
the below
> procedure:
> Register the projects => Attend the free training
=> Implement the
> project => Test the project => Submit the
project
>
>> From the organization point, the below steps are
critical:
>
> (1) Prepare for the contest rules (awards;
registration,
> implementation and submission rules), advertise plan,
supporting
> infrastructure (project website and technical advisory
board);
>
> (2) Hold university roadshow to widely spread the
contest;
>
> (3) Offer free training on OpenSolaris programming to
academic
> developers both on-campus and on-line;
>
> (4) Provide technical support for the contestant during
the project
> implementation;
>
> (5) Evaluate the OpenSolaris contest to choose out
winners.
>
> Once the winners come out, the Campus Ambassador
recruiting team
> will interview the Intern candidates.
>
>
> 3.1 Contest Rules
>
> The contestants have to register and submit the work by
the deadline.
>
> 3.1.1 Eligibility
>
> All university student, undergraduate and postgraduate,
are
> eligible to the participate the OpenSolaris programming
contest.
> The contestants will register the contest as a group:
> 1) Each group consists of at most 3 players;
> 2) The group needs to invite a professor to act as the
mentor;
> 3) Each group will have to choose a project from our
published
> project list or propose a new project from their
research;
> 4) A lead is selected to register the project and
submit the source
> code on line on behalf of the whole group.
>
> 3.1.2 Registration
>
> A successful registration includes:
> 1) Each group member has to register a user on
opensolaris.org
> 2) Submit project proposal and group information on the
project page
> 3) Request DVD on OpenTech to set up the environment
> 4) Register on Unix-center.net to try the development
environment
> (OpenSolaris and Sun Studio)
>
> After the registration, the group will be granted
with:
> 1) A notification e-mail to congratulate their
successful
> registration;
> 2) Under the project page, there will be a repository
to contain
> all the documents and source code for the project;
>
> 3.1.3 Implementation
>
> 1) All source codes, creative or derivative, should be
compliant
> with the Common Development and Distribute License
(CDDL);
> 2) The project should be compiled and tested with Sun
Studio
> (Studio 11, Studio Express or Studio 12 EA);
> 3) To ensure the compatibility, all the project should
run the
> sanity test on unix-center.net;
>
> 3.1.4 Submission
>
> 1) The submitted source code should be licensed under
CDDL;
> 2) All submission should be done on the project page
on-line;
> 3) The complete submission will include project source
code
> tarball, demo, user guides, supporting tools, etc.;
> 4) The newer submission will replace the existing
submission
> without the version check tool.
>
> After the submission, a notification e-mail will send
to the lead.
>
> 3.1.5 Review
>
> The review team will evaluate the project with the
following rules:
> 1) Innovation: From the project proposal,
implementation, to user
> interface, the creative and innovative aspects matter.
> 2) Value: Solve existing problem, add new features
which can be
> used by the community, or even become a future
OpenSolaris project.
> 3) Effectiveness of problem solving: The submitted
implementation
> vs. the project proposal.
> 4) Code quality: extensibility, maintainability,
reliability,
> salability, etc.
>
> The review team consists of influential professors,
senior
> engineers from Sun and Open Source community.
>
> 3.2 Attractive Award
>
> Once registered, everyone is winner. Every registrant
will be
> granted a set of OpenSolaris Starter Kit and a
OpenSolaris T-shirt.
>
> The awards for the winners will include Campus
Ambassador
> Internship, Sun Workstation, PDA, iPod and Solaris
books. The
> rewards for the different ranks are as follows:
>
> Special prize: Campus Ambassador Internship. The Intern
is chosen
> out of the winning team. Once the Intern offer is
given, he/she
> will not be granted with the other gifts as his/her
teammate.
> (Note: We DO NOT promise all the winning team players
will be
> chosen as Campus Ambassador. But each team player of
the top 10
> winning teams will have the chance to attend the
interview and get
> the comments. The final candidate will be decided by
the Campus
> Ambassador recruiting team)
>
> Rank 1 (1 groups, 3 players): MacBook, certificate
> Rank 2 (5 groups, 15 players): Intelligent phone,
certificate
> Rank 3 (10 groups, 30 players): iPod, certificate
> Rank 4 (30 groups, 90 players): Solaris Internals
Books, certificate
>
> Mentor prize (5 professors): Training coupon,
certificate
>
> Student Association prize(3 associations):
Collaboration
> association, certificate
>
> 3.3 Promotion
>
> As we will have to achieve such a big number of
participation,
> promotion is fairly critical to this contest. The
coverage will be
> 100,000 people, and of them 20,000 will register as
OpenSolaris
> users. 1200 groups (or 3600 players at most) are
expected to enroll
> the contest.
>
> The professors who are teaching OpenSolaris courses
will encourage
> their students to attend the contests. We will
advertise this
> contest from March in some developer community
websites, and
> emphasize the promotion in universities as below:
>
> 1) Roadshow in 19 universities;
> 2) Promotion activities in 60 universities;
> 3) Advertisement on 120 university BBS;
> 4) On-line promotion on SDN, OpenTech and other
websites
>
> Besides, we will promote the activities through campus
activities
> like Sun TechDays and Techtalks by Campus Ambassadors
and Student
> associations.
>
> 3.4 Training and Technical support
>
> 1) Lab courses training by professors;
> 2) Open training by Sun engineers on campus;
> 3) OpenSolaris/OpenTech as the tutoring website;
> 4) Tech talks on Sun University Tour, OpenSolaris Day,
TechDays, etc.;
> 5) Tech talks by Campus Ambassador and Student
association on campus.
>
> 4. Timeframe (March ¨C October 2007)
>
> The detailed timeline and milestones are marked in the
attached
> program spreadsheet. Below is the overview:
>
> 1) Preparation (March - April)
> 2) Announcement (April)
> 3) Promotion (May - June)
> 4) Project Registration (By June 30)
> 5) Project Development (July - August)
> 6) Review (September)
> 7) Intern Selection Interview (October)
>
> 5. Endorsement Communities
>
> This project will be endorsed by OpenSolaris Academic
and Research
> Project and OpenSolaris China Portal. The project
homepage and
> discussion aliases are in need.
>
> The initial project leaders are Teresa Giacomini and
myself.
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Dale Ghent wrote:
> Just curious, since I work for a .edu in the USA....
>
> Regarding OpenSolaris, I seem to have noticed that the
bulk of
> academic-related programs and contests have had a
distinct geographic
> bias towards Asia. I hope I'm mistaken, but I can't
help but to think
> Sun has forsaken (for lack of a better term) the US
market for
> cultivating academic interest in OpenSolaris/Solaris.
If so, is it
> perhaps due to the perception that Linux is already too
entrenched in
> the US edu realm?
The latest list I've found for OpenSolaris at school is
this:
http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/entry/opensolaris_at_school
Most of those are in Asia, but that's because some Asian
markets are
growing rapidly in this area, and the local teams are
actively engaged
in the OpenSolaris community to drive local OpenSolaris
programs. The
China team at Sun, for instance, clearly has the most
comprehensive
program in place, and you can see Joey Guo blog about those
programs
http://blogs.sun.com/jo
eyguo/ Sun has always had various edu programs,
but since this project started more of the programs are
becoming visible
on OpenSolaris. Also, by opening up, we now have many more
options as a
community to engage universities around the world.
But Asia is not the only area where things are happening
rapidly. The
Starter Kit, for instance, is much more popular in Eastern
Europe than
in Asia (or even in the US). All these regions are
different, and
community development programs need to be decentralized so
the people on
the ground can lead them. They know best since they live
there. Wherever
"there" is, of course.
I know there are other edu programs as well:
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/edu/campus_evange
lists/
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/os_user_groups_am
b/
http:
//opensolaris.org/os/project/summerofcode/
Jim
--
Jim Grisanzio, Sr. Program Manager, OpenSolaris Engineering
http://blogs.sun.com/jim
gris
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