Gifts go a long way to promote good will ;-). Many of the questions appear to be from an IIs point of view that the server should do everything from routing to firewalling to accepting credit cards. A shift in perspective to a more modular thought I think will be helpful.
David Bronson www.easyrehab.com On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 06:49:12PM -0400, nik franke wrote: > A note from Ben Hyde, member of the Apache Software Foundation > > This note is a quick "letter of introduction" for the attached survey. The > folks at MIT asked that I introduce them since they are afraid you all will > flame, or ignore them. Don't disappoint them, flame away :-). > > Eric von Hippel has been doing some fascinating work over the last several > years on how new product innovation takes place. The primary conclusion of > that > work has been that more often than not the real innovation comes from users of > products rather than from the companies that build them. In a sense the > companies aggregate the innovations provided by their customers and turn > around > and sell them back. > > Not surprisingly Eric and his friends at MIT have gotten pretty interested in > Open Source. You could argue that what Open Source does is cut out the > middleman in the process. To focus on their work on Open Source they have > founded the MIT Open Source Research Lab. > > I'm looking forward to seeing the result of the following survey, please help > us all by filling it out. > > Ben Hyde > Apache Software Foundation > > > Dear Apache users: > > This questionnaire deals with Apache security features and will take 15-20 > minutes to fill out. All information will be treated as confidential and will > not be used for any commercial purpose. > > Your reward will come in heaven (much, much later!) and in the form of a > WONDERFUL MIT T-SHIRT (now!) :-) (size and shipping information in the > questionnaire). Thank you!! If you are interested we will be happy to send you > a summary of the results. > > http://opensource.mit.edu/apachesurvey > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study please contact us > at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 617 253-6370. > > Thank you very much and best regards > > Eric von Hippel > Nik Franke > > > > > Nik Franke > MIT Sloan School of Management > Room E52-580 Suite > 50 Memorial Drive > Cambridge, MA 02139 > Office Phone: 617-253-6370 > Office Fax: 617-253-2660 > Home Phone: 617-441 0886 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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