[pypy-dev] next pypy-sync meeting 20050915

[Beatrice During]

Hi there

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Michal Wallace wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Beatrice During wrote:
>
>> Just a short comment to your email Michael (thanks for your thoughts
>> onj this matter BTW ;-):
>
> :)
>
>> One of the current major discussions about how to capitalize
>> on Open Source as a business model is just that - learning/training.
>>
>> So I think you are on to something there Michael - both regarding the
>> technical aspects and the project management/developer process aspects.
>> Sprinting combines them both ;-)
>
> Hi Bea,
>
> I recently did a "sprint" in the form of
> the pyweek game challenge. We hung out in
> IRC for most of the week and made a game.
> (Or at least a game engine, before we ran
> out of time!)
>
> To me it was an exercise in project
> management but it was also a recruiting
> tool: I wanted to see what it was like to
> work with certain people before I spent
> the money to actually hire them.
>
> It worked well, and I plan to continue
> using that model to screen potential
> hires in the future... Maybe a company
> with more cash in the bank could use
> pypy in a similar way?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michal J Wallace
> Sabren Enterprises, Inc.

What a great application - do you mind if I spread the word about this..?

Cheers

Bea

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