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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>Some of you
may have heard of ITEA free/libre and open source research
project called COSI (Co<SPAN class=341523406-13062006><FONT
color=#0000ff> -</FONT></SPAN>development<SPAN
class=341523406-13062006><FONT color=#0000ff>
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>of open source in
software intensive products). As part of the COSI project,
</SPAN><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>we are trying to better understand the
role </SPAN><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>of architecture in FLOSS
development.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>I hope
that you could spare five minutes of your valuable time for this effort
and complete <SPAN class=537523415-12062006>our</SPAN><SPAN
class=537523415-12062006> </SPAN>survey. I have<SPAN
class=341523406-13062006><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=166255109-12062006>posted it to a few carefully selected
FLOSS communities.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>We understand
that you are busy and therefore we made the questionnaire short:</SPAN><SPAN
class=166255109-12062006> it has only 11<SPAN
class=341523406-13062006><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=537523415-12062006>questions with pre-defined<SPAN
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color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=166255109-12062006><SPAN class=537523415-12062006>answer
options. </SPAN> <SPAN class=537523415-12062006>S</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=166255109-12062006>tatistical results will be shown to you
immediately.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006></SPAN><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>To answer the survey, please go to<SPAN
class=341523406-13062006><FONT color=#0000ff> <A
href="http://www.freewebs.com/architectureenquiry/mediumscaleprojects.htm">http://www.freewebs.com/architectureenquiry/mediumscaleprojects.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>As <SPAN
class=004330206-13062006>memb<SPAN class=341523406-13062006><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000>ers</FONT> </FONT></SPAN>of a
</SPAN><SPAN class=166255109-12062006>FLOSS <SPAN
class=004330206-13062006>community,</SPAN></SPAN> let your<SPAN
class=166255109-12062006> </SPAN>views<SPAN class=166255109-12062006> and
</SPAN>experiences be known.<SPAN class=166255109-12062006> I<SPAN
class=537523415-12062006>'m </SPAN>look<SPAN
class=537523415-12062006>ing </SPAN> forward<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=537523415-12062006><FONT color=#000000>s</FONT> </SPAN></FONT>to your
positive response.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN class=166255109-12062006></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></SPAN>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks in
advance.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><SPAN class=004330206-13062006><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><SPAN class=004330206-13062006><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><SPAN class=004330206-13062006><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Katja Henttonen</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><SPAN class=004330206-13062006><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Technical Research<SPAN class=838450406-13062006><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Centre of Fi</FONT></SPAN>nland
(</FONT><A href="http://www.vtt.fi"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.vtt.fi</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=166255109-12062006><SPAN class=004330206-13062006><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:katja.henttonen@vtt.fi">katja.henttonen@vtt.fi</A></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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