From koffice Thu Dec 09 18:51:50 2004 From: opensource Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:51:50 +0000 To: koffice Subject: Research on KOffice Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=110261897926079 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============1498699766==" This is a multipart message in MIME format. --===============1498699766== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_alternative 00679DB885256F65_=" This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 00679DB885256F65_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear KOffice Administrators, I am a professor at the University of Maryland, and I am writing you=20 because I would like to include KOffice in a research study about users'=20 perceptions and decisions regarding open source software. This study is=20 being supported by the National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/), a= nd the ultimate goal is to learn what factors are most important to=20 facilitating the successful adoption of open source software in=20 organizations. In the initial phase of this research we are asking a few=20 open source project administrators to help us recruit approximately 25=20 users to answer a short survey (posted at http://opensource.livesurveys.com= /). As an administrator of KOffice we would like your assistance in=20 encouraging users of KOffice to answer the survey. If you agree to partici= pate, we will be happy to send you a summary of the=20 results of the research, and if more than 10 users of KOffice participate, = then we will provide you with a summary of results specific to KOffice.=20 Also, in exchange for their participation in the study, users of KOffice=20 will be offered a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com. If you are willing to participate, please send a note to your user mailing = list(s) asking people to complete the survey located at http://opensource.l= ivesurveys.com/. For your convenience, we have attached a sample email mes= sage below=20 that you might modify or use as-is. Thank you very much for your attention and help with the research. Best regards, Katherine Stewart Assistant Professor Decision & Information technologies Robert H. Smith School of Business 4355 Van Munching Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1815 301-405-0576 TEL 301-405-8655 FAX kstewart@rhsmith.umd.edu http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu ---------------------------------------Sample Email to Users=20 --------------------------- Subject: help in research & get a $25 Amazon gift certificate Dear KOffice users, The KOffice project has been asked to participate in a research study=20 being conducted by Dr. Katherine Stewart at the University of Maryland,=20 and we would like your help. Please visit http://opensource.livesurveys.co= m/ and take about 10 minutes to complete a short survey concerning your=20 views on open source software in general and the KOffice project in=20 particular. Everyone who completes the survey will be offered a $25 gift c= ertificate=20 to Amazon. Completing the survey may also directly help us to improve KOff= ice because we will receive a summary of the survey results. The survey will close as soon as 25 people have responded, so please visit = the link today to participate.=20 The survey is at http://opensource.livesurveys.com/ Thanks for your help! --=_alternative 00679DB885256F65_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear KOffice Administrators,

I am a professor at the Univers= ity of Maryland, and I am writing you because I would like to include KOffi= ce in a research study about users' perceptions and decisions regarding ope= n source software.  This study is being supported by the National Scie= nce Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/)= , and the ultimate goal is to learn what factors are most important to faci= litating the successful adoption of open source software in organizations. =  In the initial phase of this research we are asking a few open source= project administrators to help us recruit approximately 25 users to answer= a short survey (posted at http://opensource.livesurveys.com/).

As an administrator of KOffice = we would like your assistance in encouraging users of KOffice to answer the= survey.  If you agree to participate, we will be happy to send you= a summary of the results of the research, and if more than 10 users of KOf= fice participate, then we will provide you with a summary of results specif= ic to KOffice.  Also, in exchange for their participation in the study= , users of KOffice will be offered a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com.

If you are willing to participa= te, please send a note to your user mailing list(s) asking people to comple= te the survey located at http://opensource.livesurveys.com/.  For your convenience, we have attached a sam= ple email message below that you might modify or use as-is.

Thank you very much for your at= tention and help with the research.
Best regards,

Katherine Stewart
Assistant Professor
Decision & Information tech= nologies
Robert H. Smith School of Busin= ess
4355 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-1815
301-405-0576 TEL
301-405-8655 FAX
kstewart@rhsmit= h.umd.edu
http://www.rhsm= ith.umd.edu
-------------------------------= --------Sample Email to Users ---------------------------

Subject: help in research &= get a $25 Amazon gift certificate

Dear KOffice users,
The KOffice project has been as= ked to participate in a research study being conducted by Dr. Katherine Ste= wart at the University of Maryland, and we would like your help.  Plea= se visit htt= p://opensource.livesurveys.com/ and take about 10 minutes to complete a short survey concerning you= r views on open source software in general and the KOffice project in parti= cular.  Everyone who completes the survey will be offered a $25 gif= t certificate to Amazon.  Completing the survey may also directly = help us to improve KOffice because we will receive a summary of the survey = results.

The survey will close as soon a= s 25 people have responded, so please visit the link today to participate. =  

The survey is at http://opensource.livesurv= eys.com/

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