<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">Hi,<br>I am Abhishek Gupta, first year undergraduate Computer Science Student, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India. I am really interested in the tux4kids project and want to participate in the same via GSOC 2010.<br>
<br>As far as my background and experiences in coding are concerned I would like to mention the following facts:-<br><br>I am a game developer in flash CS4 and have been programming in flash for a last few months. One of my games can be seen at the following link <a href="http://www.tryst2010.in/games/mutli" target="_blank">www.tryst2010.in/games/mutli</a> or <a href="http://www.tryst2010.in/multi/MultiTasking.swf" target="_blank">www.tryst2010.in/multi/MultiTasking.swf</a> and its source files can be downloaded from <a href="http://tryst2010.in/assets/helix/MultiTasking.zip" target="_blank">http://tryst2010.in/assets/helix/MultiTasking.zip</a> . If you will see the source code, you will realize the way I program in flash which basically is java. I primarily program in flash or java, but I know C and C++ as well. Though, I am not that very well known to their libraries about which I am very eager to do.<br>
<br>Also, I downloaded the source files and run them on my machine. They worked brilliantly except one thing... there were no animations. I know animations are difficult to create from C and that is where flash can help, though i will be primarily interested in coding in C or Java. What, I am here referring to with animations is that there can be animation while the software is started may be tux.. taking part in some interactive animation.<br>
<br>About your time requirements of about 40 hours a week, i can promise you about 8 - 9 hours of quality work from my side. Since, i live in India my time is GMT +5.30, but I can work the part of time that suits the organisation, like any slot from 0600 hrs to 0300 hours (23 hours to choose from), so time compatibility won't be a problem. Also, I will have my holidays off from May 6th 2010 to July 26th, 2010.<br>
<br>Maybe, you may feel that I am not upto the mark for the internship because of my lack of familiarity with the C and C++ libraries at the point the time and the fact that I am still in my first year. But, I can ensure you that I will certainly stand above your expectations by the time GSOC start. I just need some direction from you and rest I can manage. And about the fact that I am in my first year, it only imbibes me with a much higher vigour, eager to learn and enthusiasm for the project.<br>
<br>So, I would like to request you to guide me a little, so as how I can contribute to the tux projects.<br><br>Thanking you,<br clear="all"><font color="#888888">Abhishek Gupta<br>09958003242<br>
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