On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:09:08 +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:36:50PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking > > about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux > > communities work? Yes, I have read lots of opinions, but I wonder if > > anyone knows of some proper academic people studies, the sort of thing > > that might legitimately get published in a referred journal of sociology > > or anthropology? > > A couple of people have done studies of the Debian community, [Biella Coleman, Chip McCormick]
Others include Ruben van Wendel de Joode (http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/rubenw/) who has several articles online and Gaby Rasters (http://home01.wxs.nl/~rasters/index.htm) whose PhD thesis is in its final stages of preparation. Also, the online journal First Monday (http://www.firstmonday.dk/) has published several papers in this area. HTH, Ray -- I've just been spammed by gardening-online.co.uk - now i'm wondering if Agent Orange is licensed for use against spammers? Tanuki the Raccoon-dog in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]