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5.

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

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5.15 Incompatibility with the format that users had in software development
3.4  
8
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Mark incompatibility

clarification: the site may impose a set of tools, a community organization structure, and a development methodology which is not readily compatible with the way a user is already developing their software. this will prevent the user from moving from their private facility to the IFHOSP site. the IFHOSP site must be willing to provide "partial" service using the user's preferred tools and methodology, at least as a stopgap until the user converts to the IFHOSP site's preferred tools and methodology.
2.9  
7

5.14 Intellectual property issues - the host of the IFHOSP may impose some rights to the projects hosted
3.4  
8
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Jacob issues of intellectual property
Alvin Worry that the entity controlling the IFHOSP may do something negative with the project or that they may have some rights to the project by nature of the fact that it is hosted with them.
Comment made in round 2
Neil They should be hosting it for hosting and traffic's sake. If they want an interest, they should pay.
2.4  
7

5.20 Difficult to casually browse or some information cannot be accessed without a username
2.5  
8
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Dave Difficult to casually browse w/o a username
2.4  
7

5.6 Low storage capacity
3.1  
8
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Mark low capacity
2.1  
7

5.12 Not trusting the host of the IFHOSP
3.4  
8
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Alvin Worry that the entity controlling the IFHOSP may do something negative with the project or that they may have some rights to the project by nature of the fact that it is hosted with them.
Luke Fear that the IFHOSP will shut down and disrupt the project
2.7  
7

5.19 The IFHOSP does not reach a critical mass of users and projects to achieve its advertising function
3.3  
7
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Schulhoff Critical mass - IFHOSP sites also functions as advertising locations for projects. The site must have a sufficient number of projects and users.
3.3  
7

5.11 Not having enough control over the IFHOSP comparing with a local machine
2.9  
7
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Alvin Lack of features that can be had hosting a project on a locally controlled machine
3.9  
7

5.16 Unresponsive administrators
2.6  
8
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Mark unresponsive administrators
2.3  
7

5.13 No control the content and the development direction of the IFHOSP
3.7  
6
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Jacob Lack of control over hosted content
Alvin Worry that the entity controlling the IFHOSP may do something negative with the project or that they may have some rights to the project by nature of the fact that it is hosted with them.
  4.2
6

5.21 The fear of getting flame from other people
  5.0
7
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Phil the fear of getting flame from other people (i.e. open source community is often perceived as being hostile to new people)
Comment made in round 2
Garrett "flames"
Neil One must have a thick skin. Good moderation tends to sort this out anyway.
Comment made in round 3
Garrett The sooner you can grasp your software isn't even close to 'perfect', the sooner we can start getting work done. Fear of flames will stop only the person who hasn't realized this yet.
  4.9
7

5.9 Wanting to have more control and not wanting to develop software in an Open Source/Free Software style
  5.4
5
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Joanne Wanting to work completely on their own.
Luke Fear of losing control of their project.
Comment made in round 2
Chris Well, this is true that this might prevent one from using an IFHOSP, but if that is what they want, they will not have a problem with this (as they do not want the open source development style anyway).
  5.0
7

5.2 Poor publicity, cannot find the site
3.1  
7
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Garrett no knowledge of the existence of the site
Brendan poor publicity
Noah Finding it.
3 Responses
3.4  
7

5.18 Lack of documentation and/or information or poor quality documentation and/or information so that users could not work out how to use the site
3.0  
7
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Alvin Lack of technical documentation on how to set up programs needed to use services. (Like encrypted CVS, or CVS in general)
Brendan poor documentation
Noah Poor quality of information.
3 Responses
Relevant Glossary
Concurrent Versions System
2.6  
7

5.3 Low in technical skill, inexperience in using an IFHOSP
3.8  
8
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Garrett Inexperience with the toolsets used
Joanne Not understanding how the IFHOSP works.
Brendan cluelessness
Brendan low geek level
4 Responses
3.0  
7

5.4 Low bandwidth, hard to access
2.7  
7
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Mark inaccessibility
Mark slow connection
Jacob Problems of knowing the hosted site is reliable and does not become
a bottleneck
Noah Low bandwidth.
4 Responses
2.3  
7

5.8 The odd urge to pay for software rather than help build it yourself
  6.0
6
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Brendan the odd urge to pay for software rather than help build it yourself
Comment made in round 3
Garrett What 'odd urge'. I've certainly never had it :)
  5.7
7

5.17 Legal issues on software distribution
  4.1
7
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Alvin Worry about international laws, if you're writing an encryption package, it matters where the IFHOSP is located as to whether or not you would want to use it due to export laws, etc.
Comment made in round 2
Neil Only if they tried to claim (C) or some other interest in my work. Sourceforge doesn't.
Relevant Glossary
SourceForge
3.4  
7

5.22 Poor access tools
2.4  
5
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Brendan poor access tools
2.8  
6

5.10 Not providing the tools or the features needed
2.6  
8
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Alvin Lack of features that can be had hosting a project on a locally controlled machine
Dave Tools that are hard to use or that are impossible to get ones work done.
Luke Not having all the tools they need to maintain the project on the given IFHOSP site.
3 Responses
2.3  
7

5.7 Counterproductive user interface
2.3  
7
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Schulhoff Counterproductive user interface - Many developers view productivity as a goal in it self.
Dave Tools that are hard to use or that are impossible to get ones work done.
Noah Poor user interface.
3 Responses
2.4  
7

5.1 Unreliable
1.7  
7
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Mark downtime
Jacob Problems of knowing the hosted site is reliable and does not become
a bottleneck
Alvin Lack of reliability
Luke Fear that the IFHOSP will shut down and disrupt the project
4 Responses
Comment made in round 3
Garrett An unreliable IFHSOP site is utterly useless.
1.6  
7

5.5 The opposite of the answers in question 4
1.0  
1
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Leslie the oposite of the former answer
Comment made in round 2
Neil The questions are out of order. This question is hard to answer as there's double negatives involved. Rephrase or drop.
2.0  
3

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