This is exactly the observation I have from the Mahout students. I would
rather not have a project re-invent something that we already have, but I am
thrilled to have a student who is self-directed and horrified at the thought
of having a student who needs to be micro-managed. Even if the
self-di
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Benson Margulies wrote:
> I've been holding off on wading into this, but I think that some sort of an
> idea has jelled.
>
> I wonder about Google's statement of the mission. If Google's statement of
> the mission is: "Get smart students involved in open source," t
