[Lilux-help] [Fwd: Opne Source Software Research]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Opne Source Software Research Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:47:07 +0000 From: Yordan D. Minev <yordan(a)rjtorres.net> To: yordan(a)rjtorres.net Hello everyone from the worldwide Linux community, My name is Yordan Dimitrov Minev and I am an undergraduate student majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY. Along with my adviser Professor Robert Torres, this summer I am working on an academic research-project investigating the trends in the open source/free software, entitled "Will the penuin break the windows?" Some of the issues I am interested in researching are the reasons that people use and develop for Linux, the ideological differences between the free software foundation and the open source foundation, and the reasons some computer users are dissatisfied with proprietary, closed-source software. Aiming to understand how the Linux users feel about the open source software, I developed a web-based survey, and I kindly ask all of you to participate. You can start the survey by going to http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~ydmine03/survey.html It shoud not take you more than 15-30 minutes. I would like to ask all of you who are administrators of Linux user groups to forward this e-mail to the members of your user group. Also, feel free to forward this e-mail to other Linux user groups you colaborate with. My aim is to get as many respondents as possible. Furthermore, I would be delighted to have respondents with different levels of computer experience. In the coming weeks, after analysing the results from the survey, I will write a paper and I will make a short presentation on the topic at St. Lawrence University. I would like to stress that the purpose of this survey is solely educational. I fully assure you that the results I obtain and all materials from this project will never be sold; rather, they will remain freely available at http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~ydmine03/survey.html. Your privacy will also be protected, and at no time will I publish, give away, or sell your personal information or e-mail address. Lastly, I would like to appologize for not sending you a survey in your native language. Speaking primarily a language other than English myself, I very much appreciate the diversity of cultures and languages in the contemporary world. Thank you very much for participating in my survey. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please do not hessitate to contact me (ydmine03(a)stlawu.edu) or my adviser for this project, Professor Robert Torres (rtorres(a)stlawu.edu) Either one of us would be happy to answer your questions or address your concerns. Regards, Yordan Minev - -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl 7, Rue Jacques Sturm L-2556 Luxembourg Office:+352 710725 608 Home:+352 406776 http://www.linux.lu/