ReactOS case study

[Roman Hoegg]

Hello everybody!

My name is Roman Högg (RomanH) and I have occasionally posted to this 
mailing list and the web site forum in the past for a variety of reasons. 
(offering/asking for help, submitting the Swiss German keyboard layout, 
etc.) I now contact you for something completely different.

Together with the Helsinki School of Economics, Luleå University of 
Technology, Nokia and IBM Business Services, our institute ( 
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch ) is conducting a study called 
"Collabora-tion4Innovation (C4I)". The study is funded by the European 
Commission and is examining the im-pact of diversity within teams on 
factors such as innovation, creativity and productivity. By diversity we 
mean things like cultural diversity, different skills, different 
educational backgrounds, etc.

In the first phase of the project we are currently conducting a number of 
case studies from a variety of areas. The goal is to find the "state of 
the art" and later define areas in which further research is needed (e.g. 
organisational aspects such as process design, improving collaboration 
technologies, etc.) Since ReactOS is - as far as I can see - developed by 
a pretty diverse set of people (developers from different countries, 
probably with different skills and non-developers/users/testers that try 
to improve the software in whatever way they can) I wanted to ask whether 
it would be possible to conduct a "Reac-tOS Case Study". I think it would 
be nice to not only have companies in the case studies.  If you agree to 
this idea, I would like to conduct interviews with 2-3 persons of you (in 
English or German, most likely via phone). Each interview would last 
between 45 minutes and 1,5h maximum. (or I could send the 
questionnaire/interview guide in advance and we would only discuss the 
more open questions over the phone). After the interviews I would condense 
everything into a 3-4 page description of the project and the aspect of 
diversity. You would then get that text and could tell me whether you 
agree with it or whether I would have to change things. Nothing will be 
published without your consent! Unfortunately I can't offer you any money 
for the collaboration, but I think the study will give the project some 
additional promotion and, if you want to, you may of course use my text 
for documenta-tion purposes.

Please let me know what you think and thank you very much!!!

kind regards

Roman

------------------------------------------
Roman Högg
Research Assistant

=mcm institute 
for Media and Communications Management
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
Phone [phone]
Mobile [phone]
e-mail [e-mail]
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch
http://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/Personen/Roman_Hoegg

[Brandon Turner]

Roman Hoegg wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> My name is Roman Högg (RomanH) and I have occasionally posted to this 
> mailing list and the web site forum in the past for a variety of reasons. 
> (offering/asking for help, submitting the Swiss German keyboard layout, 
> etc.) I now contact you for something completely different.
>
> Together with the Helsinki School of Economics, Luleå University of 
> Technology, Nokia and IBM Business Services, our institute ( 
> http://www.mcm.unisg.ch ) is conducting a study called 
> "Collabora-tion4Innovation (C4I)". The study is funded by the European 
> Commission and is examining the im-pact of diversity within teams on 
> factors such as innovation, creativity and productivity. By diversity we 
> mean things like cultural diversity, different skills, different 
> educational backgrounds, etc.
>
> In the first phase of the project we are currently conducting a number of 
> case studies from a variety of areas. The goal is to find the "state of 
> the art" and later define areas in which further research is needed (e.g. 
> organisational aspects such as process design, improving collaboration 
> technologies, etc.) Since ReactOS is - as far as I can see - developed by 
> a pretty diverse set of people (developers from different countries, 
> probably with different skills and non-developers/users/testers that try 
> to improve the software in whatever way they can) I wanted to ask whether 
> it would be possible to conduct a "Reac-tOS Case Study". I think it would 
> be nice to not only have companies in the case studies.  If you agree to 
> this idea, I would like to conduct interviews with 2-3 persons of you (in 
> English or German, most likely via phone). Each interview would last 
> between 45 minutes and 1,5h maximum. (or I could send the 
> questionnaire/interview guide in advance and we would only discuss the 
> more open questions over the phone). After the interviews I would condense 
> everything into a 3-4 page description of the project and the aspect of 
> diversity. You would then get that text and could tell me whether you 
> agree with it or whether I would have to change things. Nothing will be 
> published without your consent! Unfortunately I can't offer you any money 
> for the collaboration, but I think the study will give the project some 
> additional promotion and, if you want to, you may of course use my text 
> for documenta-tion purposes.
>
> Please let me know what you think and thank you very much!!!
>
> kind regards
>
> Roman

Sorry for the delayed response.  I would be more then willing to answer 
a questionaire.  I wouldnt like to even think about a Germany to US 1.5 
hour phone call!

Brandon

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi,

I'd be glad to participate, whether by phone or email.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

Roman Hoegg wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> My name is Roman Högg (RomanH) and I have occasionally posted to this 
> mailing list and the web site forum in the past for a variety of reasons. 
> (offering/asking for help, submitting the Swiss German keyboard layout, 
> etc.) I now contact you for something completely different.
>
> Together with the Helsinki School of Economics, Luleå University of 
> Technology, Nokia and IBM Business Services, our institute ( 
> http://www.mcm.unisg.ch ) is conducting a study called 
> "Collabora-tion4Innovation (C4I)". The study is funded by the European 
> Commission and is examining the im-pact of diversity within teams on 
> factors such as innovation, creativity and productivity. By diversity we 
> mean things like cultural diversity, different skills, different 
> educational backgrounds, etc.
>
> In the first phase of the project we are currently conducting a number of 
> case studies from a variety of areas. The goal is to find the "state of 
> the art" and later define areas in which further research is needed (e.g. 
> organisational aspects such as process design, improving collaboration 
> technologies, etc.) Since ReactOS is - as far as I can see - developed by 
> a pretty diverse set of people (developers from different countries, 
> probably with different skills and non-developers/users/testers that try 
> to improve the software in whatever way they can) I wanted to ask whether 
> it would be possible to conduct a "Reac-tOS Case Study". I think it would 
> be nice to not only have companies in the case studies.  If you agree to 
> this idea, I would like to conduct interviews with 2-3 persons of you (in 
> English or German, most likely via phone). Each interview would last 
> between 45 minutes and 1,5h maximum. (or I could send the 
> questionnaire/interview guide in advance and we would only discuss the 
> more open questions over the phone). After the interviews I would condense 
> everything into a 3-4 page description of the project and the aspect of 
> diversity. You would then get that text and could tell me whether you 
> agree with it or whether I would have to change things. Nothing will be 
> published without your consent! Unfortunately I can't offer you any money 
> for the collaboration, but I think the study will give the project some 
> additional promotion and, if you want to, you may of course use my text 
> for documenta-tion purposes.
>
> Please let me know what you think and thank you very much!!!
>
> kind regards
>
> Roman
>
> Roman Högg
> Research Assistant
>
> =mcm institute 
> for Media and Communications Management
> University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
> Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
> Phone [phone]
> Mobile [phone]
> e-mail [e-mail]
> http://www.mcm.unisg.ch
> http://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/Personen/Roman_Hoegg
>
> Ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general

[Ged Murphy]

I'd forgotten about this.
Me too, although 1.5 hours over the phone is a little too much.

Alex Ionescu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd be glad to participate, whether by phone or email.
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu
>
> Roman Hoegg wrote:
> > Hello everybody!
> >
> > My name is Roman Högg (RomanH) and I have occasionally posted to this 
> > mailing list and the web site forum in the past for a variety of reasons. 
> > (offering/asking for help, submitting the Swiss German keyboard layout, 
> > etc.) I now contact you for something completely different.
> >
> > Together with the Helsinki School of Economics, Luleå University of 
> > Technology, Nokia and IBM Business Services, our institute ( 
> > http://www.mcm.unisg.ch ) is conducting a study called 
> > "Collabora-tion4Innovation (C4I)". The study is funded by the European 
> > Commission and is examining the im-pact of diversity within teams on 
> > factors such as innovation, creativity and productivity. By diversity we 
> > mean things like cultural diversity, different skills, different 
> > educational backgrounds, etc.
> >
> > In the first phase of the project we are currently conducting a number of 
> > case studies from a variety of areas. The goal is to find the "state of 
> > the art" and later define areas in which further research is needed (e.g. 
> > organisational aspects such as process design, improving collaboration 
> > technologies, etc.) Since ReactOS is - as far as I can see - developed by 
> > a pretty diverse set of people (developers from different countries, 
> > probably with different skills and non-developers/users/testers that try 
> > to improve the software in whatever way they can) I wanted to ask whether 
> > it would be possible to conduct a "Reac-tOS Case Study". I think it would 
> > be nice to not only have companies in the case studies.  If you agree to 
> > this idea, I would like to conduct interviews with 2-3 persons of you (in 
> > English or German, most likely via phone). Each interview would last 
> > between 45 minutes and 1,5h maximum. (or I could send the 
> > questionnaire/interview guide in advance and we would only discuss the 
> > more open questions over the phone). After the interviews I would condense 
> > everything into a 3-4 page description of the project and the aspect of 
> > diversity. You would then get that text and could tell me whether you 
> > agree with it or whether I would have to change things. Nothing will be 
> > published without your consent! Unfortunately I can't offer you any money 
> > for the collaboration, but I think the study will give the project some 
> > additional promotion and, if you want to, you may of course use my text 
> > for documenta-tion purposes.
> >
> > Please let me know what you think and thank you very much!!!
> >
> > kind regards
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > Roman Högg
> > Research Assistant
> >
> > =mcm institute 
> > for Media and Communications Management
> > University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
> > Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
> > Phone [phone]
> > Mobile [phone]
> > e-mail [e-mail]
> > http://www.mcm.unisg.ch
> > http://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/Personen/Roman_Hoegg
> >
> > Ros-general mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>
> Ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general

[Steven Edwards]

On 3/28/06, Ged Murphy [e-mail] wrote:
> I'd forgotten about this.
> Me too,

Me too

--
Steven Edwards

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[Roman Hoegg]

Hi everybody!

wow! Thanks for the support! I have now 6 people willing to participate! 
(which should be enough, but that shouldn't stop anyone who is still 
interested in participating!)

I will finalize our questionnaire this week (early next week latest) and 
will send it to you. We can then later discuss individually via email 
whether a phone call is needed.

Once again, thanks a lot!!!

Roman
------------------------------------------
Roman Högg
Research Assistant

=mcm institute 
for Media and Communications Management
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
Phone [phone]
Mobile [phone]
e-mail [e-mail]
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch

[Sylvain Petreolle]

I only saw 3 people answering they were ok for this ??

--- Roman Hoegg [e-mail] a écrit :
> Hi everybody!
>
> wow! Thanks for the support! I have now 6 people willing to participate! 
> (which should be enough, but that shouldn't stop anyone who is still 
> interested in participating!)

Kind regards,
Sylvain Petreolle (aka Usurp)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Tired of a proprietary Windows on your computer ?
Use free ReactOS instead ( http://www.reactos.org )

[Aleksey Bragin]

I, and probably some other, decided to mail him in private.

WBR,
Aleksey Bragin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sylvain Petreolle" [e-mail]
To: "ReactOS General List" [e-mail]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ros-general] ReactOS case study
> I only saw 3 people answering they were ok for this ??
>
> --- Roman Hoegg [e-mail] a écrit :
> > Hi everybody!
> >
> > wow! Thanks for the support! I have now 6 people willing to participate!
> > (which should be enough, but that shouldn't stop anyone who is still
> > interested in participating!)
>
> Kind regards,
> Sylvain Petreolle (aka Usurp)
>
> Tired of a proprietary Windows on your computer ?
> Use free ReactOS instead ( http://www.reactos.org )
>
> Ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general

[Magnus Olsen]

Hi
I can join as well in the case studing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roman Hoegg" [e-mail]
To: "ReactOS General List" [e-mail]
Sent: den 29 March 2006 10:00
Subject: Re: [ros-general] ReactOS case study

Hi everybody!

wow! Thanks for the support! I have now 6 people willing to participate!
(which should be enough, but that shouldn't stop anyone who is still
interested in participating!)

I will finalize our questionnaire this week (early next week latest) and
will send it to you. We can then later discuss individually via email
whether a phone call is needed.

Once again, thanks a lot!!!

Roman
------------------------------------------
Roman Högg
Research Assistant

=mcm institute
for Media and Communications Management
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
Phone [phone]
Mobile [phone]
e-mail [e-mail]
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch

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[Roman Hoegg]

Hi!

Magnus Olsen wrote:
> I can join as well in the case studing.

sure you can! The more the merrier. :-)

It might just take some time before we can really start with the case 
studies. It seems like we're going to do one or two expert interviews 
first. (not to say you aren't experts!!! What I mean are people who 
already did some research on this topic in the past)

In the mean time you may check out our fancy new website: 
http://www.cdt.ltu.se/~ZCIVI (sorry for spamming on this mailinglist...)

thanks a lot!

Roman

------------------------------------------
Roman Högg
Research Assistant

=mcm institute 
for Media and Communications Management
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
Phone [phone]
Mobile [phone]
e-mail [e-mail]
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch

[Dale Crummie]

Sounds like this might be a good time to try a VoIP phone like Skype, it
would save a small fortune in long distance charges.

Dale Crummie
Blackberry
Certified
Technician

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Roman Hoegg
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:51 AM
To: ReactOS General List
Subject: Re: [ros-general] ReactOS case study

Hi!

Magnus Olsen wrote:
> I can join as well in the case studing.

sure you can! The more the merrier. :-)

It might just take some time before we can really start with the case 
studies. It seems like we're going to do one or two expert interviews 
first. (not to say you aren't experts!!! What I mean are people who 
already did some research on this topic in the past)

In the mean time you may check out our fancy new website: 
http://www.cdt.ltu.se/~ZCIVI (sorry for spamming on this mailinglist...)

thanks a lot!

Roman

------------------------------------------
Roman Högg
Research Assistant

=mcm institute 
for Media and Communications Management
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
Phone [phone]
Mobile [phone]
e-mail [e-mail]
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch

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[Roman Hoegg]

Dear ReactOS community

A couple of months ago I've contacted you to tell you that we were doing 
cases studies for a study about the impacts of diversity and "virtuality" 
(= collaborating via the internet) in teams. ReactOS was one of the 
planned case studies. Unfortunately, not all interviews we would have 
liked to do we were able to conduct. Nevertheless, I tried to summarize 
what I found the most interesting aspects of ReactOS, its team, its 
organization and the technologies it uses. I've compiled a draft (!)  of 
how the case study might look like. You can find it here: 
http://elektra.mcm.unisg.ch/cases/
(I didn't want to email you the files directly as I don't think that it 
would be something that is appreci-ated on mailing lists. )

If you have some spare time I would very much appreciate if you could take 
a look at it. Please let me know if there are things that aren't correct, 
things missing or just stuff you don't think should be in there. Of 
course, nothing will be published without your approval.

thank you very much and kind regards!

Roman Högg
------------------------------------------
Roman Högg
Research Assistant

=mcm institute 
for Media and Communications Management
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen
Phone [phone]
Mobile [phone]
e-mail [e-mail]
http://www.mcm.unisg.ch

[Ralph Shumaker]

Roman Hoegg wrote:
> Dear ReactOS community
>
> A couple of months ago I've contacted you to tell you that we were doing 
> cases studies for a study about the impacts of diversity and "virtuality" 
> (= collaborating via the internet) in teams. ReactOS was one of the 
> planned case studies. Unfortunately, not all interviews we would have 
> liked to do we were able to conduct. Nevertheless, I tried to summarize 
> what I found the most interesting aspects of ReactOS, its team, its 
> organization and the technologies it uses. I've compiled a draft (!)  of 
> how the case study might look like. You can find it here: 
> http://elektra.mcm.unisg.ch/cases/
> (I didn't want to email you the files directly as I don't think that it 
> would be something that is appreci-ated on mailing lists. )
>
> If you have some spare time I would very much appreciate if you could take 
> a look at it. Please let me know if there are things that aren't correct, 
> things missing or just stuff you don't think should be in there. Of 
> course, nothing will be published without your approval.

I think that one thing missing is URLs, namely the addresses for the 
Wiki, the Forums, and so on.

[Klemens Friedl]

> Unfortunately, not all interviews we would have liked to do we were able to
> conduct.

We have started an developer interview series:
http://www.reactos.org/en/interviews.html

... maybe it's useful for your cases studies.

Klemens Friedl

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

Roman Hoegg wrote:
> Please let me know what you think and thank you very much!!!

Sounds very interesting. I could participate, although I'm not really a
developer anymore, at least temporarily for some time. I was active for
maybe two or three years and stopped a few months ago.

- Thomas