LinuxDevices.com readers are invited to participate in a research project being conducted jointly by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Munich (LMU). The non-commercial survey examines the embedded Linux development process from a different angle than typical market research….

Dr. Joachim Henkel, who teaches business at LMU, conceived the survey last year while serving as a visiting scholar at MIT. Henkel says that unlike commercial surveys from market research companies and analysts interested in how and where embedded Linux is used, this research project aims to discover how the embedded Linux development process actually works. “Do firms make their developments public, or do they [prefer to] keep them secret?” asks Henkel. “What is made public, what not?”

Henkel and student Mark Tins authored the survey, which is also supported by Eric von Hippel, an MIT professor known for his research into Open Source software.

The online form takes 10 minutes to complete. Participants will have access to survey results, and a chance to win one of five Bavarian beer steins from the Munich Oktoberfest (one of which is pictured above).

Participate in the study

 
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