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Re: [LUG] Yet another questionaire [Fwd: FOSS Research]

 

On Tuesday 22 November 2005 9:57 am, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> On 11/22/05, Darke, Clive <Clive.darke@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > The questions try and lump all FOSS communities as the same,

I disagree, I thought he tried to always frame the questions from the 
perspective of an individual - how you interact with the communities that you 
use. Each will differ (and I made that point) but your interaction with each 
is based on your own perceptions - there's likely to be common ground in 
that.

Each of us persist in various groups because the methods of each group concur 
with our own perceptions and needs. Our membership of those groups indicates 
a kind of common basis, we stick around because we fit in and because we both 
receive help and can offer help to others. The only reason, to me, for any 
voluntary effort is the positive feedback of accomplishments and / or from 
those whom you help.

> > does he not 
> > realise they differ as much as any other group of communities?  Maybe
> > that wouldn't make for a good dissertation.
>
> He could do a very good dissertation if he evaluated say Gnome,
> Firefox and Perl -- or any similar mix of different groups in some
> detail. I think his survey is worthless and pointed out that he needs
> to start again.

It's not about individual groups, I felt it was about how each of us interacts 
with those groups to which we have *chosen* to contribute. Our individual 
community within the whole.

I thought it was better than the last one. Maybe it's just my perspective as a 
developer on a range of projects - I felt there was a lot more in this 
questionnaire that was directly relevant to how I engage with free software 
development.

-- 

Neil Williams
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