Survey: Relevance of Configuration Systems in Free and Open Source Software

[Ambrose LI]

2016-06-15 5:47 GMT-04:00 Gabriel Rauter <rauter.gabriel+xfce at gmail.com>:
[...]
>> Why are you posting this request from a gmail account rather than your
>> account at your university?  It does not help your credibility.
>>
>> [ .... ]
>
>
> Yes, sorry that was a bad assumption on my side to rather use the mail
> address I use for FLOSS contributions. If anyone needs some
> credentials that I am a student at the Vienna university of technology
> i am willingly to send them if asked for. e.g. write a mail with my
> university e-mail.

I also want to comment that using a university email does not
necessarily make the person look more credible. One prof at my
university once commented to the effect that "as an instructor I'm
very unhappy with our student email addresses" because they "look like
spam addresses".


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