[cdibona]

WRT GSoC We're constantly tweaking the program to make it more relevant and less time wasting for projects. Early on, we got people doing extremely negative things to 'succeed' in the summer of code.

It's reasonable to bow out if it's not working for your project. Maybe check us out every few years to see if we've addressed your problem :-)

[jordigh]

Oh, Octave is still doing GSoC. I just haven't been involved with it in a while. I guess it's still working for someone else, glad to hear it's gotten better.