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EU Funds New FLOSS Survey on Skills, Employment

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the high-tech-census dept.

rishab writes "The EU-funded FLOSSPOLS project is carrying out a survey of developers worldwide. This is a follow-up to the original FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) survey in 2002, which was one of the first and most comprehensive surveys of developers - who they are, how they work and why they do it. The new survey aims to provide an update, include new developers, and answer some of the questions that were raised by the first one. In particular, how do developer communities help in learning skills and generating employment, and why is the level of participation by women so low?"

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  1. Re:Women by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean the aptitude to work long hours for nothing so that corporations can get their software for free? Probably not, women aren't that stupid.