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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Hi open source software developer,<br><br>I am a research assistant at Institute for Information Systems and New Media, University of Munich. Driven by the interest in open source software, I want to investigate open source-based business by connecting the decision-making theory to the software development practice. Based on this idea, I designed an online survey "OS-based business": </span><a href="http://www.unipark.de/uc/osb/" target=Preview><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.unipark.de/uc/osb/</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Through "advanced search" and your profile at Github I find you may fit into the survey's target group. I gladly invite you to it and look forward to your participation. Some points in the survey may inspire your research or business ideas. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'>J</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><br>I would deeply appreciate your support!<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Yours,<br>Yiqing Yu<br><br>Institute for Information Systems and New Media<br>Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München<br></span><a href="http://www.wim.bwl.lmu.de/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>www.wim.bwl.lmu.de</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>