# Should we ask Microsoft and Apple if they want to sponsor a Julia/Microsoft/Apple summer of code?

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**Created:** [April 11, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-ask-microsoft-and-apple-if-they-want-to-sponsor-a-julia-microsoft-apple-summer-of-code/59058 "2021-04-11T21:26:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Impressium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/impressium/32/19575_2.png) [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-ask-microsoft-and-apple-if-they-want-to-sponsor-a-julia-microsoft-apple-summer-of-code/59058/1 "2021-04-11T21:26:29Z")

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Hey all 🙂

This is just a discussion starter. What do you think?

Should we ask Microsoft and Apple if they want to sponsor a Julia/Microsoft/Apple summer of code?

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**Author:** ![gustaphe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gustaphe/32/18174_2.png) [@gustaphe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gustaphe)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-ask-microsoft-and-apple-if-they-want-to-sponsor-a-julia-microsoft-apple-summer-of-code/59058/2 "2021-04-12T12:19:11Z")

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The big tech companies are generally disinterested in being officially connected to porn, and I’m not sure there are that many projects available to begin with.

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**Author:** ![tchr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tchr/32/15138_2.png) [@tchr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tchr)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-ask-microsoft-and-apple-if-they-want-to-sponsor-a-julia-microsoft-apple-summer-of-code/59058/3 "2021-04-12T12:31:22Z")

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… pretty safe to assume that the above “XXX” indicates a literal placeholder, not an adult reference 😱