Help with Fedora Research
Roger
arelem at bigpond.com
Sun Sep 13 09:20:18 UTC 2009
Greg
I also would be interested in participating, please advise them of my
email details
TIA
Roger
On 09/11/2009 11:49 AM, Kevin Martin wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I would be interested in doing either or both of the 2. I use Fedora
> as my primary machine for both work and play (since about Core 5) and
> would be happy to give my feedback.
>
> Kevin Martin
>
> Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>
>> I think it's a mark of our success in Fedora that people are starting
>> to study how our community works. And not just in the "gosh, Fedora
>> is awesome and amazing" sense, but in the "gosh, Fedora is a really
>> interesting phenomenon that we should learn more about, warts and all".
>>
>> I spent Tuesday morning with a couple of professors at Duke
>> University's MBA Program, and they had a ton of questions for me. It
>> was amazing. They are really digging into what makes communities like
>> ours tick.
>>
>> Here's the thing, though: they need to be talking to a lot more people
>> than just me. Which is why I'm asking for help. :)
>>
>> So we're looking for Fedora contributors who are willing to do one of
>> two things:
>>
>> 1. Participate in an email interview with our Duke professors; or
>>
>> 2. Participate in a short phone interview (about 20 minutes) with our
>> Duke professors.
>>
>> We're looking for folks who don't work for Red Hat, and folks who do.
>> We're looking for folks who are highly technical, and folks who
>> aren't. We're looking for folks who contribute lots, or only a little
>> bit.
>>
>> It's a simple thing that could be hugely valuable in the long run.
>> We've got something special in Fedora, and the world wants to
>> understand how it works. Your experiences matter.
>>
>> Please respond to me privately via email if you are interested in
>> participating. Thanks.
>>
>> --g
>>
>> --
>> Computer Science professors should be teaching open source.
>> Help make it happen. Visit http://teachingopensource.org.
>>
>>
>
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