Google had introduced their huge exposition for students via their 5 years open source program. Google summer of code ended with their flagship global program that got them to recruit college and university students to their open source program.
These results have been really impressive and Google has been able to conduct the program with great developments. Over 2,000 mentors had come to be a part of this program with participants from 64 countries coming over to take place. There were 1,000 students coming from 69 countries to have the project going with great speed and gusto. 150 free and open source projects had been part of the overall grander program scheme.
The excited students had been introduced to the source development project were they received a great exposure working with internationally acclaimed mentors. The impact of developmental programs like this brings social developments on a wider scale. From microfinance software to global educational initiatives, there had been several layers of social developments coming with this project.
Credit: googleblog.blogspotThis educational project also took the task of introducing the ideas of creating more governmental data coming to be made use of with greater transparency and accessibility. This 5 year project had 85% of their participating students successfully completing their projects. The extension of student program under Google’s supervision wraps up successfully.
Source: googleblog.blogspot
