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  • Gender and participation in early stages of the free/open source software joining process

    Creator:
    Gilbertson, Claire E.
    Abstract:
    Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) is a powerful development paradigm for creating software. Increasingly more FOSS projects, like Firefox and Android, are integrated into mainstream technology. It is important that FOSS projects serve its diverse user base well. Several surveys have found that existing FOSS communities are very homogenous populations and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    my committee members Paul Paulson, Dr. Ron Metoyer and Dr. Branscum for kindly participating. Dr

  • Motivating programmers through karma systems

    Creator:
    Cedeno, Jose
    Abstract:
    Keeping FOSS developers motivated is a challenging problem, and their motivation levels can affect the team's productivity and satisfaction, leading to higher or lower productivity. Using reputation systems as a motivator has become the de-facto standard for many online communities, rewarding user's activity through badges of honor or achievement levels....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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     am  thankful  to  the  rest  of  my   committee:  Paul  Paulson,  Timothy

  • Joining open source software communities: an analysis of newbies’ first interactions on project mailing lists

    Creator:
    King, Scott T.
    Abstract:
    Open source software has become a powerful force in the world of computing. While once confined to the domain of technical specialists, people of all types have begun to adopt this software – from the casual web-surfer who uses Firefox, to the professional web developer who codes in PHP or...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , Dr. Timothy Budd, Paul Paulson, and Dr. Harry Yeh, for graciously volunteering to participate