<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stormy Peters</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Role of Consumers Within an Open Source Community</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">01/2009</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/222</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The software provided by the GNOME Project is produced by a large community comprised of several thousand developers, translators, quality assurance testers, and documentation writers. Consumers are represented in the community by technical users and organizations that distribute GNOME technologies. And while the community reaches out regularly to non-technical end users and welcomes any that approach the community, these two worlds rarely interact. 

This article draws upon our experience within the GNOME Project to examine the question &quot;Why do consumers and the community rarely interact?&quot;. Our insights may prove useful for other projects and consumers wishing more interaction.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January 2009</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Articles</style></work-type><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GNOME Foundation
Stormy Peters is Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit which works to further the goals of the GNOME Project. She has established relationships with the open source community and industry sponsors. Stormy has been involved with the GNOME Foundation, having been one of the founding members of the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board in 2000. Her previous positions include that of Open Source Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard and Director of Community and partner programs at OpenLogic. Stormy graduated from Rice University with a B.A. in Computer Science.</style></custom1></record></records></xml>