[ubuntu-uk] Introduction, and research

[Bruce Beardall]

Hi Karl

I couldn't tell you where to start with this (although it's an interesting
idea), just thought I'd drop a line and say welcome to the adventure.

Or should that be ubu-venture?

Regards

Bruce


2009/1/21 Karl Beecher <k.s.beecher at googlemail.com>

> Hi,
>
> My name is Karl Beecher, I've been a Linux user for about 5 years now
> and a dedicated Ubuntu user for 3 of those.
>
> My personal passion right now is OSS research, and at the moment I'm
> finishing up my thesis on that topic at the University of Lincoln. I've
> done research into GNOME, KDE, and Debian, amongst other things, and
> I've worked with people (and continue to do so) involved in the KDE
> Research group (http://techbase.kde.org/Research ).
>
> Having seen other OSS projects involve themselves in research like this,
> I was intrigued that I was unable to find equivalent material on the
> Ubuntu site.
>
> And so, I would like to know if there are in fact any such research
> activities going on in Ubuntu, or, if not, whether this would be of any
> interest to others in the Ubuntu community. I realise this is not the
> perfect mailing list to address this question to, but I was unable to
> find a suitable one (apart from maybe ubuntu-qa), so I thought I'd start
> out by asking my fellow Brits. For a good example of what OSS community
> research might entail, check out the KDE link above. There are also
> other organizations and individuals too numerous to list.
>
> Again, apologies if this seems "off-topic", but if you know of a more
> suitable place to investigate or person to ask, please let me know.
>
> Many thanks,
> Karl Beecher
>
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