2011/9/14 C. Titus Brown <c...@msu.edu>: > Quoting from his post, > > """ > These results suggest that undergrads doing OSS for a course are still > providing a service and are likely still gaining good experience working on a > larger code base, but they’re unlikely to become part of the established > developer community. > """ > > ...I don't understand why this statement is being viewed so negatively... > It's kind of unreasonable to expect many (or even any) students to really > participate on a full, complex OSS project based on a class experience. > But showing them what exists out there is important.
For what it's worth, we're working on the third revision to a post that responds to the piece. 1. The quote extrapolates from research that does not actually address the claims made. 2. The research itself makes claims that, quite possibly, the underlying data does not support. It does, however, involve close reading of some papers that rely heavily on communication network theory. Although we're responding to a blog post, we have questions regarding research published in a peer reviewed journal, which requires more care in crafting a response. I want the response to be accurate and respectful, and I'd like to bounce it past the blog author before we post. Cheers, Matt _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
