[ILUG] where are the Irish "Summer of Code" entrants?

[Joe Fitzsimons]

On Monday 13 June 2005 23:05, Justin Mason wrote:
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/summer-discuss/browse_thread/thread/aaf
>f5ef2ce87e259/421153c96c0e0476
>
> Countries of applicants for the Google 2005 "Summer of Code" contest;
> Ireland has only 19 applicants, behind about 40 other countries. Not too
> surprising to see the obvious top ones (US, UK, Russia, China, Germany,
> France, Spain) -- but ahead of Ireland we have Estonia, Ukraine, Italy,
> Pakistan, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Mexico, Belarus, and Latvia.
>
> Have all the Irish college kids been brainwashed by MS, or something?
> Or are they all already interning at google anyway and therefore
> not permitted by the T&Cs?
>
> --j.

I hate to point out that most of those countries have much larger populations 
than Ireland. Do you really think we should expect the same number of 
applicants as Pakistan (population ~160 million), Italy (~60 million), 
Ukraine (46 million) from Ireland (population ~4 million). Ok, Estonia has a 
lower population, but we're ahead of Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, which I find 
quite suprising. This really isn't the damning evidence you're making it out 
to be.

Maybe its just a reflection on how it was advertised in various countries.

Joe