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Author: deryck
Date: 2005-01-20 15:11:57 +0000 (Thu, 20 Jan 2005)
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Adding news item on Nico Earnshaw's thesis on the Samba community.

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+    <h3><a name="earnshaw_thesis">Sociological Study of the Samba Community</a></h3> 
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+    <div class="article">
+    <p>Nico Earnshaw has completed a thesis on the Samba community as part of
+    his Bachelor of Arts Informatics degree at the University of Sydney.  The 
+    work is a very fine study of the practices of members of the community,
+    with particular attention paid to Samba Team developers (their motivations,
+    goals, practices, etc.).  The general question explored seems to be, how 
+    does being a part of the Samba community define a developer?</p>
+
+    <blockquote>
+    This research is an exploratory study into the constitution of identity in
+    the Samba community.  The results presented are based upon an analysis of
+    documents, websites, internet-relay-chat (IRC), mailing lists, private 
+    correspondence and face-to-face interviews.  The primary method of data
+    collection was the semi-structured interview method.
+    </blockquote>
+
+    <p>The paper also draws on other research/writings on OSS communities, but 
+    the observations specific to Samba development and the Samba community are 
+    unique to this work.  There are lots of nice quotes from Samba Team members, 
+    too.  Nicely done, Nico.</p>
+
+    <p>To read the complete thesis, see <a href="/samba/news/articles/earnshaw_thesis.pdf">
+    The Samba Project: Transformation of Self through Open Source Software Development</a>.</p>.  
+    </div>
+        
+