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From: David Bainbridge <david.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Git User's Survey 2010 (resend)
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:22:42 +0200
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OK, thanks for explaining Felipe,

Using development communities in this way makes sense.

Thanks

David

On 12 July 2010 12:19, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:14 PM, David Bainbridge
> <david.bainbridge@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On the question of spamming here is another aspect; if I send mail to
>> everyone on a public list then it is spam. If I send a message to
>> everyone at work asking them to respond then I am just doing my job.
>> The problem is how to address the unpaid volunteer sector of the open
>> source community without being perceived as spamming.
>
> Note that perhaps spamming is not the right word.
>
> I think the plan is to send the mail only to the communities that use
> git, so chances are that many people would be interested on filling
> out the survey. It has been done in previous years, and I think nobody
> complained.
>
> --
> Felipe Contreras
>