Answer from Schulhoff

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Schulhoff regards himself/herself as:

1. What are the objectives of an IFHOSP site?

1.1 Support development of Open Source Software.
1.2 Provide a productive and consistent user interface.
1.3 Attract OSS development projects.
1.4 Attract developers.
1.5 Encurage reuse of code.

2. What tools can be employed on an IFHOSP site and what are the important features and usability factors for each of them?

No Comment

3. What work practices and culture should be promoted?

3.1 Legitimate Peripheral Participation - Less skilled developers must be allowed to participate at their own level. Less skilled developers must be viewed as potential high skilled developers, given the time to evolve.
3.2 Acknowledgement of developers different cultural and technical backgrounds as a positive element - very different from corporate monocultures.

4. What are factors that movitate users to use an IFHOSP site?

4.1 Convenience - Not having to maintain a web site as project interface.
4.2 Cost - Hosting of the project is free.
4.3 Common interface - Developers do not have to learn a new interface when joining a project.

5. What are barriers that prevent users from using an IFHOSP site?

5.1 Counterproductive user interface - Many developers view productivity as a goal in it self.
5.2 Critical mass - IFHOSP sites also functions as advertising locations for projects. The site must have a sufficient number of projects and users.

6. What are the positive results for users in using an IFHOSP site?

6.1 No Comment.

7. What are the negative results for users in using an IFHOSP site?

7.1 No Comment.

8. What are factors that motivate adminstrators to setup or maintain an IFHOSP site?

8.1 No Comment.

9. What are barriers that prevent adminstrators from setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?

9.1 No Comment.

10. What are the positive results for adminstrators in setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?

10.1 No Comment.

11. What are the negative results for adminstrators in setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?

11.1 No Comment.

12. What are other important issues in IFHOSP?

12.1 No Comment.


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