We are a couple of students from Denmark, who are studying an Open Source course.
We are currently writing an exam project, in which we intend to focus on the differences between free software and Open Source software, and to some extend proprietary software. We will try to look at the people who support the various kinds of software, and their reasons why. I order to do this; we hope that you will take the time to answer some questions. We have tried to keep short, so that we wont take too much of your time. Furthermore, if you have a friend who would like to answer these questions, feel free to forward this message. Note! Answer to the questions should be mailed to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best regards, Eivind Bengtsson Thomas Andersen Students at Copenhagen Business School http://www.cbs.dk/indexuk.html (in english) Course homepage: http://www.cbs.dk/staff/nielsj/undervisning/open-source/open-source.html (in danish) QUESTIONS Which Open Source projects are you currently working on? What is your motivation for doing so? What do you gain from your work on Open Source projects? What role do you play in the project? Is hacking a part-time or full-time occupation? What is your daytime job? _ Work as a developer on proprietary software _ Work as a developer on Open Source software _ Work as a developer on free software? _ Something else, which? _________________________ How do you feel about commercial businesses porting their applications to Linux (Oracle, Corel, SAP, Lotus)? If you feel that we have missed some very important questions regarding this subject, feel free to append comments.
