Please forgive me if I sound skeptical, but the way the questions had been laid and the nature of the questionnaire forced me to believe that the main aspect of the survey is to gather data on the negative aspects of Open Source development. The answers will only yield results on
a. how lonely (not alone, please understand the difference) an Open Source developer is b. how secluded an open source developer is c. how poor / lacking money / underpaid / under-remmunerated an Open Source developer is and so on. The survey will not yield any result that can show a. The nature of enthusiasm the Open Source Community builds b. The contribution a Open Source Developer is making (in any way, including but not limited to -- by providing tools to both the people who cannot afford a costly solution or the enthusiast learner who is benefiting from the Open Source Software) c. The philosophy of the Open Source Community / Developer / development -- understanding of which, in my opinion, is one of the major part of understanding what Open Source truly means. these are just my personal opinions -- and they DO fall under BSD licensing scheme :D -- but you are at your liberty to either agree or disagree >:) Happy Linuxing Omi Azad wrote: > > On 2/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:lmth%40deakin.edu.au> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:lmth%40deakin.edu.au>> wrote: > > Hello > My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University > Australia. > > I am currently running a survey at the following > address.https://dcarf.deakin.edu.au/surveys/oss/ > <address.https://dcarf.deakin.edu.au/surveys/oss/> > The survey is completely confidential and looks at your views and > motivations to use Open Source software and to participate in the > community. > > It will only take a few minutes and your contact details will not be > recorded. You can withdraw your participation at any stage. > > I sincerely apologize for the spammish nature of this e-mail - I don't > mean to abuse this list. I am trying to collect responses from as many > open source developers and users as possible and a mailing list like > this is probably the best way to reach many of you. > > Thanks again > Lara > > P.S The program that I am using is open source, of course > www.phpsurveyor.org)! > >
