Standards Update Poll (all responses)
John S. Quarterman
jsq at usenix.org
Thu Sep 13 05:09:07 AEST 1990
From: jsq at usenix.org (John S. Quarterman)
Poll posted on 18 Aug 90 19:49:50 GMT
Results as of Mon Sep 10 11:47:10 GMT 1990
96 responses
1: Do you read (y or n):
1: =yes%, no%,bad%
1a: the newsgroup comp.std.unix? = 85%, 14%, 0%
1A: the snitch reports in comp.std.unix? = 83%, 15%, 1%
1B: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in comp.std.un= 71%, 27%, 1%
1i: the standards column in UNIX Review? = 69%, 29%, 1%
1c: the USENIX newsletter ;login:? = 61%, 38%, 0%
1E: the snitch reports in ;login:? = 51%, 48%, 0%
1w: standards articles in UNIX Today!? = 47%, 51%, 1%
1F: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in ;login:? = 44%, 55%, 0%
1j: the standards column in Sun Expert? = 40%, 59%, 0%
1k: the standards column in IEEE Computer? = 34%, 64%, 1%
1g: the UniForum POSIX Explored series of technical pa= 23%, 76%, 0%
1f: the USENIX white paper on System Administration fo= 20%, 78%, 1%
1H: the UniForum standards articles in CommUNIXations?= 19%, 77%, 3%
1e: the UniForum magazine CommUNIXations? = 19%, 79%, 1%
1o: standards articles in IEEE Spectrum? = 18%, 81%, 0%
1p: the IEEE Standards Bearer? = 15%, 84%, 0%
1s: the POSIX Tracking Report from Digital? = 14%, 85%, 0%
1r: the IEEE/CS TCOS newsletter? = 13%, 86%, 0%
1q: the IEEE Computer Society's Standards Status Repor= 11%, 88%, 0%
1y: standards articles in UniForum's UniNews? = 11%, 88%, 0%
1h: the UniForum white paper on Internationalization? = 10%, 88%, 1%
1d: the EUUG newsletter EUUGN? = 8%, 91%, 0%
1G: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in EUUGN? = 7%, 90%, 2%
1n: standards articles in IEEE Micro Magazine? = 7%, 92%, 0%
1C: the snitch reports in std-unix at uunet.uu.net? = 5%, 93%, 1%
1D: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in std-unix at uu= 5%, 93%, 1%
1b: the mailing list std-unix at uunet.uu.net? = 5%, 94%, 0%
1v: standards articles in UNIX Technology Advisor? = 5%, 94%, 0%
1t: Nina Lytton's Open Systems Observer? = 3%, 96%, 0%
1u: Marosi's standards newsletter? = 3%, 96%, 0%
1x: standards articles in UNIX Journal? = 2%, 96%, 1%
1z: the book Information Technology Standardization by= 2%, 97%, 0%
2: Would you or your company (y or n):
2: =yes%, no%,bad%
2a: join USENIX ($40/year) to get the snitch reports i= 56%, 41%, 2%
2c: pay $20/year as a USENIX member for the standards = 51%, 47%, 1%
2b: pay $35/year to get a separate paper standards new= 37%, 61%, 1%
2d: pay $1000/year to be a patron of such a newsletter= 4%, 93%, 2%
3: What do you really hate (1) or like (5) about the snitch reports:
3: =mean ( 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%;bad%)
3f: opinions of snitches? =3.73 ( 4%, 3%, 23%, 42%, 23%; 2%)
3g: opinions of report editor? =3.61 ( 3%, 4%, 29%, 44%, 16%; 2%)
3e: context (effects on other committe=3.49 ( 2%, 6%, 35%, 32%, 19%; 4%)
3c: accuracy? =3.47 ( 2%, 4%, 35%, 40%, 13%; 4%)
3d: level of technical detail? =3.46 ( 0%, 15%, 30%, 36%, 15%; 2%)
3h: editing? =3.41 ( 0%, 3%, 51%, 32%, 10%; 3%)
3i: editorials? =3.35 ( 1%, 8%, 43%, 37%, 7%; 2%)
3a: timeliness? =3.34 ( 2%, 10%, 40%, 23%, 18%; 4%)
3b: coordination with standards meetin=3.17 ( 0%, 4%, 63%, 22%, 5%; 4%)
3j: oversight by publisher? =2.92 ( 3%, 12%, 61%, 14%, 4%; 4%)
4: What do you want less (1-2), the same (3), or more (4-5) of:
4: =mean ( 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%;bad%)
4d: level of technical detail? =3.64 ( 0%, 2%, 43%, 32%, 19%; 2%)
4l: number of committees covered? =3.57 ( 0%, 5%, 41%, 22%, 26%; 4%)
4e: context (effects on other committe=3.50 ( 0%, 5%, 43%, 36%, 12%; 2%)
4a: timeliness? =3.48 ( 0%, 1%, 46%, 29%, 17%; 5%)
4c: accuracy? =3.41 ( 1%, 0%, 51%, 27%, 15%; 5%)
4k: analytical reports (like the UniFo=3.39 ( 2%, 2%, 42%, 35%, 12%; 5%)
4m: number of reports? =3.30 ( 1%, 8%, 50%, 19%, 16%; 4%)
4b: coordination with standards meetin=3.22 ( 0%, 1%, 64%, 19%, 9%; 5%)
4f: opinions of snitches? =3.15 ( 4%, 6%, 60%, 18%, 8%; 2%)
4g: opinions of report editor? =3.09 ( 4%, 6%, 60%, 18%, 7%; 3%)
4n: length of each report? =3.06 ( 0%, 7%, 66%, 12%, 8%; 5%)
4i: editorials? =3.01 ( 3%, 6%, 68%, 14%, 4%; 3%)
4o: length of editorial? =2.97 ( 2%, 7%, 69%, 12%, 4%; 4%)
4h: editing? =2.94 ( 0%, 3%, 82%, 6%, 3%; 5%)
4j: oversight by publisher? =2.74 ( 6%, 9%, 69%, 7%, 2%; 5%)
5: What should USENIX do less (1-2), the same (3), or more (4-5) of:
5: =mean ( 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%;bad%)
5i: Sponsor White Papers in particular=3.93 ( 1%, 1%, 18%, 46%, 29%; 3%)
5f: Encourage appropriate people to ge=3.84 ( 1%, 0%, 27%, 41%, 27%; 3%)
5k: Collaborate with other user groups=3.64 ( 2%, 2%, 29%, 30%, 28%; 6%)
5g: Write and present proposals to sta=3.61 ( 2%, 3%, 31%, 37%, 21%; 4%)
5b: Publish reports on standards activ=3.53 ( 0%, 1%, 51%, 36%, 10%; 1%)
5h: Vote with specific comments on sta=3.43 ( 4%, 3%, 39%, 31%, 17%; 4%)
5B: Collaborate with EUUG (European UN=3.42 ( 3%, 1%, 44%, 19%, 22%; 6%)
5c: Hold informal Birds of a Feather (=3.32 ( 0%, 6%, 55%, 28%, 8%; 2%)
5j: Lobby standards oversight bodies r=3.29 ( 3%, 3%, 47%, 27%, 13%; 5%)
5D: Collaborate with AUUG (Australian =3.28 ( 3%, 1%, 45%, 20%, 18%; 8%)
5a: Moderate newsgroups and mailing li=3.26 ( 3%, 2%, 58%, 22%, 10%; 3%)
5e: Hold workshops on standards? =3.24 ( 2%, 8%, 46%, 28%, 10%; 4%)
5J: Collaborate with X/Open? =3.23 ( 4%, 5%, 45%, 19%, 16%; 6%)
5d: Hold formal sessions on standards =3.22 ( 3%, 9%, 45%, 30%, 8%; 3%)
5A: Collaborate with UniForum? =3.21 ( 7%, 1%, 38%, 31%, 12%; 7%)
5F: Collaborate with JUS (Japan UNIX S=3.19 ( 3%, 1%, 50%, 21%, 13%; 8%)
5I: Collaborate with UKUUG (The United=3.16 ( 4%, 3%, 46%, 20%, 14%; 8%)
5l: Collaborate with vendor associatio=3.15 ( 3%, 7%, 48%, 25%, 8%; 5%)
5E: Collaborate with GUUG (The German =3.14 ( 4%, 1%, 52%, 18%, 13%; 8%)
5H: Collaborate with Sinix (The Singap=3.12 ( 3%, 3%, 51%, 19%, 12%; 8%)
5G: Collaborate with NLUUG (The Nether=3.11 ( 4%, 2%, 52%, 17%, 13%; 8%)
5C: Collaborate with AFUU (Association=3.10 ( 4%, 3%, 51%, 17%, 13%; 8%)
5L: Collaborate with the Open Software=3.04 ( 7%, 7%, 48%, 21%, 8%; 4%)
5K: Collaborate with Unix Internationa=3.02 ( 4%, 10%, 46%, 20%, 9%; 6%)
5m: Collaborate with vendor-specific u=2.71 ( 8%, 14%, 54%, 8%, 6%; 6%)
5Q: Collaborate with SUG (Sun User Gro=2.67 ( 10%, 10%, 56%, 7%, 6%; 7%)
5N: Collaborate with DECUS (Digital Eq=2.51 ( 12%, 11%, 59%, 5%, 2%; 7%)
5O: Collaborate with Interex (Internat=2.51 ( 13%, 11%, 56%, 7%, 2%; 7%)
5P: Collaborate with NUUG (NCR Unix Us=2.41 ( 13%, 11%, 58%, 3%, 2%; 9%)
5M: Collaborate with ADUS (Apollo DOMA=2.39 ( 16%, 10%, 57%, 3%, 2%; 8%)
6: Are you a member of (y or n):
6: =yes%, no%,bad%
6a: USENIX? = 60%, 38%, 1%
6q: ACM? = 51%, 47%, 1%
6o: IEEE Computer Society? = 46%, 52%, 1%
6Y: the paper correspondence list for a standards comm= 29%, 69%, 1%
6j: Other user group? = 29%, 66%, 4%
6p: IEEE? = 26%, 72%, 1%
6Z: in the balloting group for a standards committee? = 22%, 76%, 1%
6r: Other professional society? = 22%, 73%, 3%
6b: UniForum? = 18%, 80%, 1%
6X: a standards committee working group (attend meetin= 17%, 81%, 1%
6c: EUUG? = 7%, 91%, 1%
6g: UKUUG? = 3%, 94%, 2%
6h: AUUG? = 3%, 94%, 2%
6d: AFUU? = 0%, 97%, 2%
6e: GUUG? = 0%, 97%, 2%
6f: NLUUG? = 0%, 97%, 2%
6i: JUS? = 0%, 97%, 2%
7: Are you (y or n):
7: =yes%, no%,bad%
7a: a user? = 93%, 5%, 1%
7b: an application implementor? = 73%, 25%, 1%
7c: a system interface implementor? = 55%, 43%, 1%
7h: a manager? = 39%, 58%, 2%
7d: a test suite implementor? = 15%, 83%, 1%
7g: in procurement? = 15%, 83%, 1%
7i: an executive? = 11%, 86%, 2%
7e: in sales? = 3%, 95%, 1%
7f: in marketing? = 3%, 95%, 1%
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