Mambo Community Survey Underway

Mambo has never before conducted a survey of the Mambo community and users. In 2004, a 3rd party survey was undertaken which provided valuable information for the future development of the software. With the increase in documentation the project is seeing a decrease in the number of people on the forums. This means that the project developers cannot rely on obtaining enough information about what the community wants, from forum discussions alone.

As a result, we have the 2009 Mambo Community Survey.

The survey is comprehensive and will give the Mambo team some really solid information with which to guide the future development of Mambo.
This is your chance to contribute directly to the development of Mambo so please go to the survey now and fill it out at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pZJVoItOeEp5NTzHJD25eWA

When you have completed the survey, blog about it, email about it, tweet, talk, make a post on your own sites, and generally spread the word. Mambo needs as many people as possible to complete the survey.

Results will be published in aggregate form once the survey has closed. No personal identifying information is collected (although you can give your name if you want). The survey will be open for as long as it takes to get a good representative response from Mambo users.

Spread the word!

Launch of OS Projects – a new resource for people working with Free/Libre Open Source software projects

This week saw the launch of OS Projects, a new resource for those involved in developing Free/Libre Open Source software, the communities that support the projects, and the people who use the results of their labours.

OS Projects was created to fill a niche in the world of free, open source software development. The people behind this project have been contributors to FOSS development for many years and have been interested readers of the research that has been published over recent years. Although participating in research, they have found that the results of studies, and the research papers produced from them, tend to be kept within academic circles and are rarely fed back to the FOSS development communities. OS Projects intends to rectify this with the creation of the definitive collection of research into free and open source software.

OS Projects provides a collection of research papers, journal articles and links to published research. However, the web site is not just about published research into FOSS, it’s uses, development and communities, it is also a place where people involved in FOSS can share their knowledge and experiences. Comments are open on all articles and it is hoped that this site will become a valuable place for the sharing of knowledge, best practises and experiences directly from those involved in the open source world.

While OS Projects has been created primarily for the people involved in community-led, volunteer FOSS development projects the site is also intended to be a useful resource for researchers, academics and everyone interested in FOSS development.

Visit the site at http://osprojects.info/