[add-art dev] Fwd: Firefox research study - request for input - Add-Art

[Steve Lambert]

Anyone wanna answer this and get a starbucks giftcard?  Preferably  
someone who was sitting around the table when we were doing a lot of  
development and feels like they can answer somewhat accurately?

Steve

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: tiwana at iastate.edu
> Date: June 11, 2009 5:17:38 PM EDT
> To: development at add-art.org
> Subject: Firefox research study - request for input - Add-Art
>
> Dear Mr. Lambert:
>
> I am writing to request 8-10 minutes of your expertise for a  
> research study being conducted by Iowa State University. I have been  
> closely following your skilled software development work on the  
> Firefox extension, "Add-Art." This is the extension hosted at  
> addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6846.
>
> The goal of this research study is to assess how: (1) browser  
> architecture modularity, (2) technical autonomy given to developers,  
> and (3) developer support tools jointly influence extension  
> evolution. (A quick Google name search (Amrit Tiwana) or my earlier  
> research papers & books at www.bus.iastate.edu/tiwana will point you  
> to our prior foundational research on software architecture and  
> modular systems design.)
>
> We've identified you as part of a small group of extension  
> developers who have made significant contributions to open source  
> software development. This is based primarily on the widespread  
> adoption as well as the favorable reviews from Firefox users of the  
> Add-Art extension. We have picked only a handful of major extension  
> developers in each category.
>
>
> Your expertise alone can help us understand this issue. We hope that  
> you will be able help us in this research study by responding to the  
> short survey below:
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=w1UwxI5_2fW7q4RRrA9d6_2fLA_3d_3d
>
>
> As a small token of our appreciation, we will send you a Starbucks  
> gift card redeemable at Starbucks cafés in the US and Canada. Your  
> inputs will directly help advance our collective understanding of  
> how software design modularity influences extension developers'  
> work. We assure you that this is solely an academic research study  
> with no commercial agenda whatsoever. Your responses to the survey  
> will remain 100% anonymous and confidential.
>
> We will be immensely grateful if you would please help us by sparing  
> a few minutes to respond.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Professor Amrit Tiwana
>
> Union Pacific Professor of Management Information Systems
> Iowa State University
> College of Business
> 2340 Gerdin Business Building
> Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
>
> Fax: 515-294-2534
> email: tiwana at iastate.edu
> Telephone: 515-294-8198
> URL: http://www.bus.iastate.edu/tiwana
>
>
>
>
> PS: Please do not forward this message. If you are absolutely unable  
> to help, you can use the link below to permanently remove yourself  
> from our research contact list: http://www.surveymonkey.com/optout.aspx?sm=w1UwxI5_2fW7q4RRrA9d6_2fLA_3d_3d
>
>

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