General talk about software patterns

["Steve+Weir" <patterns AT webpipe.net>]

Software Practitioner, 

I am seeking individuals to fill out a survey for an important thesis 
research project being conducted for Utah State University. 

You will be able to fill out the survey online by visiting the website at 
https://otherland.cs.usu.edu/~steveweir/core.php. 

It concerns the experiences of practitioners in the career field of computer 
software who use or have considered using design patterns. 

If you would like to participate in the survey please reply to this email, 
or you can send an email to patterns AT webpipe.net and include “survey 
login” in the subject line. A password will be emailed to you to log into 
the survey. 

This study is an important part of a research effort to analyze the 
inhibitors to software practitioners learning and using design patterns. 

Thank you for your time and consideration. It’s only with the generous 
help of people like you that this research can be successful. 

Sincerely,
Steve B. Weir
Graduate Student
Department of Computer Science, Utah State University 

P.S. Those who have completed the survey by 22 October 2004 will be put into 
a drawing for the following prizes. The three winners will be notified by 
email.
Book: “Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture”
	 by Martin Fowler, David Rice, Matthew Foemmel, Edward Hieatt, Robert Mee, 
	 Randy Stafford, ISBN 0321127420. 

Book: “Refactoring to Patterns”
	 by Joshua Kerievsky, ISBN 0321213351. 

Book: “Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, Second 
Edition”
	 by Deepak Alur, Dan Malks, John Crupi, ISBN 0131422464. 

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