[SGVLUG] FOSS survey of Linux Communities

[David Lawyer]

I received this email about a survey of Linux "communities" that
someone is doing for a Ph.D.  I did most of the survey but then must
have hit the wrong key as the page was reloaded and all that I wrote
was lost.  But I decided not to do it again.  The multiple choice
questions often have no choice that provides the right answer and I
think that this would be true for most people doing the survey.  But
for each question there is a comment section where one can clarify the
answer.  I got tired having to fill out the comment sections for most
of the questions.  I don't think the author of the survey has had much
experience with Linux communities and should have done more homework
before devising the survey.


-   - 1281/1303: Andrew Schofield       FOSS Research

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:44:42 +0000
>From A.J.Schofield at pgt.salford.ac.uk Mon Dec 12 11:26:08 2005
From: Andrew Schofield <A.J.Schofield at pgt.salford.ac.uk>
Subject: FOSS Research
To: LUGwebmaster at LUG

Dear Linux User Group Webmaster

I am the webmaster of the Linux Society and User Group based at the University 
of Salford in the UK. I am also doing a PhD investigating the community 
aspects of Free and Open Source Software use and development. To collect 
information on this, I have prepared a short questionnaire, which I am 
distributing to Linux User Groups. I would very much appreciate it if you 
could forward this link to the members of your User Group, and if you can 
spare the time, complete the questionnaire yourself. Additionally if you know 
any other users or developers of Free and Open Source Software who may be 
interested in participating in the survey, then please pass the link on to 
them. The questionnaire is available at 
http://www.postgrad.isipartnership.net/~aschofield/FOSSsurvey.htm

Thanks very much for your time.

Kind regards,

Andrew Schofield

Webmaster USSU Linux Society
University of Salford
Salford
Greater Manchester
M5 4WT
UK.

http://linsoc.ussu.salford.ac.uk
			David Lawyer