Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:41:19 +0200 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: "Stine Madsen" <stine_wm@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Culture Message-ID: <826382365.20050419004119@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <BAY22-DAV14B9C117799DFCE69877F1EF290@phx.gbl> References: <BAY22-DAV14B9C117799DFCE69877F1EF290@phx.gbl>
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> FreeBSD Culture > We are four undergraduate students (1st year) who have chosen Organizational > Culture and FreeBSD as the subject for our major written project. The > underlying assumption for our project is that the FreeBSD community can be > viewed and described within the framework of the theory for Organizational > behavior and culture - that is; as a 'virtual' organization. To investigate > and clarify this, we would like to confer with participants of the FreeBSD > community who are well-informed of the how's and why's of FreeBSD. > The following non-exhausting list holds examples of questions we would like > to clarify: > - Does there exist myths, 'legends' and stories concerning FreeBSD, which > are common knowledge in the community. > - How does one get to be a member of '-core'? Or more accurately, how does a > member advance in the FreeBSD community? > - Is the language described in the 'jargon file' used and understood by all > members of the community? > - What motivates people to join the FreeBSD community and to contribute to > the common course? > - Is it possible to improve the structure of the FreeBSD community? > We are not sure where to post questions like these - and if freebsd.org as a > suitable forum for those kind of questions. Suggestions and thoughts about > this will be much appreciated. > All communication will be by mail, and all participants will be anonymous > should the prefer so. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --------------------------------------------- http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-who.html would seem to be a good starting point for finding some of thecore members. Me myself is not that cersed in names that I would now if some of the commiters and contributors hang around on this list but I guess so. Hexren
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