Re: Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Andrew Palumbo
I went to finish that tonight. I stopped; found it too peraonal.

Re: Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Andrew Palumbo
I've begun, had to run out in the middle. Hopefully I can pick it up in a few hours, If possible. Thanks andy

Re: Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Jim Riggs
While my first instinctive response -- like some of yours -- was also one of annoyance or frustration, it is important to remember that this is a research study that is focused not on the Apache community as a whole or open source software communities in general. Instead, it is a targeted study

Re: Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Patricia Shanahan
It also excludes retired and unemployed people. I believe people like me, retirees who do not want the stress of a senior technical leader job but enjoy programming, will be an increasing source of open source programming in the future. The results will have to be interpreted very carefully due

Re: Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Dave Fisher
Well that means that the results will be inherently biased, lacking in diversity, and rather useless for the ASF. :-( Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Steph van Schalkwyk > wrote: > > Interesting that self-employed people are excluded. So many committers

Re: Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Steph van Schalkwyk
Interesting that self-employed people are excluded. So many committers are. Steph +1.314.452.2896 (Tel/SMS) On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 1:24 PM Sharan Foga wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Please see below for a message from some researchers from the University > of Cincinnati who are running a survey on

Request for Participation in University of Cincinnati - Open Source Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi Everyone Please see below for a message from some researchers from the University of Cincinnati who are running a survey on participation in Open Source. The survey is open to all Apache contributors and committers and the researchers have said they make a donation to the ASF for completed

RE: Dev vs User Mailing Lists

2018-10-16 Thread ross
A single list with good subjects is far better, from a community building perspective, than multiple lists with reduced visibility across those lists. Think about going to some social event where you don't know anyone. Is it easier to enter a place that is already buzzing with activity or a