NDLI: Taking Research to FLOSS-Curious Engineers and Managers

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Howison, J.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Syracuse Univ., Syracuse (Howison, J.)
Abstract	In 2006 the author undertook to take what I'd learnt from the research on Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) both to 'the community' and to those interested in joining 'the community'. I prepared and presented two 3.5 hour tutorials at FLOSS conferences: LinuxAsia in Delhi and O'Reilly's Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland. This paper describes these experiences. The author first summarizes the tutorials, pointing out which research was used and what the interests of the participants were and where more research can bridge the gaps. The author then describe an ongoing interaction with a software engineering manager at Microsoft who attended the tutorial and is in the interesting position of taking a Microsoft work group open. Finally the author reflects on this experience for lessons about 'transferable research'.
Starting Page	6
Ending Page	6
File Size	130400
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769529615
DOI	10.1109/FLOSS.2007.13
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-05-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Bridges Costs Engineering management Linux Asia Writing Books Open source software Software engineering Recruitment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Taking Research to FLOSS-Curious Engineers and Managers