Joe Reagle had some good criticism that are worth checking out as well.
A quick look at some of the issues raised by computation research using FB or other social networks.
I'll bet that FOSS experience does increases one's job prospects. Sounds like a great empirical project!
"As a part of the 2008 run of the National Software Industry Survey, a special study of open source software is conducted. The purpose of this study is to estimate the (1) degree of adoption and (2) the amount of production of open source software in the Finnish software product industry."
Looks like an amazing resources I should definitely take advantage of while I am at MIT.
"The definitive collection of research into Open Source software"