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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
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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!
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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
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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/
Thanks for your help!
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