All, There was some discussion of developers working on open source at the last conference. People might be interested in:
Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Survey and Study FLOSS FINAL REPORT http://www.infonomics.nl/FLOSS/report/ The most interesting sections are: Part IV: Survey of Developers A self selecting (web based) survey of 2,784 developers. Part V: Source Code Survey They looked at 3 billions lines of code. Based on the dozen or so people I know who are heavily involved in writing open source software (rather than just talking about it), the figures look about right (apart from all those French people, perhaps the French like filling in online surveys, on the other hand I don't speak French). I wonder if these results will do anything to halt the many myths that abound about open source development and developers? derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
