Dear Linux User Group Moderator:
I am a faculty member in the Jones
school of management at
In this regard, the entire open-source movement, and particularly
LINUX user groups and online bulletin boards provide a wonderful context to
study these sociological issues.
We are conducting a survey of members of LINUX user groups/ online
bulleting boards seeking information on different elements of their thoughts,
feelings, and motivations of participating in such groups, and the value of the
group to them... The survey can be completed via e
Of course, this research is strictly academic, and has no commercial
links or interests. We hope to publish this research in a sociology journal, and
will make it available to all interested individuals in approximately two
months….
Also, as a small token of our appreciation for participants' time, and
in the spirit of the philosophy underlying the open-source movement, we will
donate $500 total to the five favorite organizations/ groups of our
participants' choice (we ask the participant’s to nominate their favorite
groups in the survey).
I am writing to seek your help in conducting this research, first
through participating, and second, through encouraging your user group members
to participate in the research.. This will not take
more than ten minutes of your (and their time).
We welcome all help, and look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes,
Paul Dholakia
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Dr. Paul Dholakia
Assistant Professor of Management
314 Herring Hall - MS 531
Tel: 713-348-5376
Fax: 713-348-5251
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~dholakia
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