| Microsoft (257) | OSS (200) | Total | ||
| Future Collaboration | 124 | 72 | 196 | |
| Someone to learn from | 51 | 23 | 74 | |
| Able to Help | 47 | 19 | 66 | |
| Less time/effort in future reviews | 17 | 24 | 41 | |
| More or Better Reviews from the reviewers | 18 | 7 | 25 | |
| Request More Work | 14 | 12 | 26 | |
| Personal Characteristics | 90 | 120 | 210 | |
| Intelligent | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
| Has competence/expertise | 61 | 65 | 126 | |
| Shows care/dedication | 27 | 27 | 54 | |
| Capable of producing high Quality code | 12 | 45 | 57 | |
| Has a good understanding of the project | 4 | 13 | 17 | |
| Relationship | 123 | 74 | 197 | |
| Increasing their reputation | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Positive Perception | 40 | 22 | 62 | |
| Consider them trustworthy | 65 | 25 | 90 | |
| Grow respect/admiration for them | 24 | 33 | 57 | |
| Other | 1 | 23 | 24 | |
| Candidate for core | 0 | 5 | 5 |