Dear Big Sister User/Developer,
I came across this
mailing list while carrying out a search in SourceForge on interesting and important open
source software (OSS) projects. I am an experienced Linux administrator
and OSS user, currently doing my MBA at the University of Surrey in
UK. My dissertation topic is on motivation of OSS developers, the
social movement aspects in OSS and the impact of these factors on businesses
engaged in OSS. The data gathering method of my study is qualitative interviews
and I wish to interview a few knowledgeable OSS developers.
I would be very much grateful if you would participate in this study and
also help me find a few more knowledgeable developers for my research
study. I appreciate any suggestions you have on my study (especially
on the direction, method etc..). I am able to conduct telephone or web
based interviews, which will take around 20 minutes, at your chosen time.
I hope you will assist me in this pure academic exercise and look forward to a positive response from you soon.
Thank you,
Supun Athukorale
MBA programme
School of Management
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
United Kingdom