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<blockquote><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>"On March
15th about 30 students participated in the Google Summer of
Code info session held at Fusolab in Rome, Italy by Ninux.org.
Some of the students were well known in the local community
and have been participating in the development of open source
software, while others were excited to start working on open
source. There's always a first time to work on open source
software development and we think Google Summer of Code is the
best occasion to do it! A few of the students were slightly
concerned about the overlap between the program and their
exams in July but the mentors explained that with careful and
realistic planning delivering a successful project is
definitely achievable.</i></font><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>Ninux.org is an
Italian wireless community whose primary goal is to build a
community of skilled people that participate in building open
and decentralized wireless networks in the Italian peninsula
for experimental purposes. For us the Google Summer of Code
has been a great way to attract new promising and talented
minds in our community. Many of the students that participated
in previous years are still contributing, hacking and
experimenting with new technologies with us.</i></font><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>We hope to contribute
in forming the new generation that will push forward the open
source philosophy applied to real life in our country. We
believe the open source philosophy is the best approach in
solving many of the issues in our society, so we put effort in
applying it not only to software, but also to all our other
activities. Collaborate, teach, learn and share. The Future is
Now!"</i></font><br>
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<div class="moz-signature"><b>Federico Capoano</b><br>
Web Designer & Web Developer<br>
Portfolio/Blog: <a href="http://nemesisdesign.net">nemesisdesign.net</a><br>
Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/nemesisdesign/">@nemesisdesign</a><br>
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