OSS Research Help Needed (enter Drawing for iPad for participating)

[Scott Ritchie]

On 10/05/2011 12:57 PM, Lila Holt wrote:
> We are asking you for some help from the Open Source communities.   
> ...
> *As a thank you, upon exiting the survey you will be given an
> opportunity to submit information to be entered in a drawing for a
> tablet computer (iPad).    *
> 

This reward suggests a fundamental lack of understanding about the
community you're researching.  With a prize like that you are not going
to get anything approaching an unbiased sample of the OSS community.
Many here have philosophical objections to the iPad.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie