Academic Involvement in Ubuntu

[Daniel Holbach]

> in germany the companies hire someone working on his/her diploma theseis
> (if it fits their needs) and pay him/her a little fee...so they get a
> very motivated employee with high level knowledge for a cheap fee (and a
> due date), probably canonical would be willing to back it this way....?

As I'm not the one to decide on Canonical's finances, I'm not sure
wether this was in order, but I think some sort of a certificate for
later applying for a job and a Ubuntu T-Shirt signed by the Canonical
employees should also do the trick. :-) 

I think, it's really important to make sure, people know, there *is* a
demand, to give them ideas and to give them sort of a "consultant" or
contact person for questions about their project. Making students feel
supported and to know they can make a change should be point #1 on the
agenda.

So, are there any ideas, what students could do in a 3 or 6 months
project?

> btw: ingenious idea :)
Thank you... that's what dogwalks are good for :-)

Thanks for the support,
 Daniel