<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Twidale, M.B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nichols, D.M</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Users of Open Source Software - How do they get help?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HICSS 2009</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">technical help</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A study was conducted across multiple open source software online technical help communities. This paper presents the types of discussions that occur, the types of questions asked and the type of responses that are given. The implications for socio-technical design are considered, exploring how help requests and discussions can be used to improve future help-giving, documentation and interface and functionality redesign.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>