Standards Update Poll (responses from USENIX members)
John S. Quarterman
jsq at usenix.org
Thu Sep 13 05:14:42 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 11:07:18 GMT 1990
58 responses from USENIX members
1: Do you read (y or n):
1: =yes%, no%,bad%
1c: the USENIX newsletter ;login:? = 93%, 6%, 0%
1a: the newsgroup comp.std.unix? = 79%, 20%, 0%
1E: the snitch reports in ;login:? = 77%, 22%, 0%
1A: the snitch reports in comp.std.unix? = 75%, 22%, 1%
1i: the standards column in UNIX Review? = 74%, 24%, 1%
1F: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in ;login:? = 70%, 29%, 0%
1B: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in comp.std.un= 68%, 29%, 1%
1w: standards articles in UNIX Today!? = 51%, 46%, 1%
1j: the standards column in Sun Expert? = 50%, 50%, 0%
1k: the standards column in IEEE Computer? = 39%, 58%, 1%
1g: the UniForum POSIX Explored series of technical pa= 31%, 68%, 0%
1H: the UniForum standards articles in CommUNIXations?= 22%, 72%, 5%
1e: the UniForum magazine CommUNIXations? = 22%, 75%, 1%
1f: the USENIX white paper on System Administration fo= 20%, 77%, 1%
1p: the IEEE Standards Bearer? = 18%, 81%, 0%
1o: standards articles in IEEE Spectrum? = 17%, 82%, 0%
1s: the POSIX Tracking Report from Digital? = 15%, 84%, 0%
1y: standards articles in UniForum's UniNews? = 15%, 84%, 0%
1r: the IEEE/CS TCOS newsletter? = 13%, 86%, 0%
1q: the IEEE Computer Society's Standards Status Repor= 12%, 87%, 0%
1h: the UniForum white paper on Internationalization? = 10%, 87%, 1%
1d: the EUUG newsletter EUUGN? = 6%, 93%, 0%
1n: standards articles in IEEE Micro Magazine? = 6%, 93%, 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%
1G: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in EUUGN? = 5%, 91%, 3%
1b: the mailing list std-unix at uunet.uu.net? = 5%, 94%, 0%
1v: standards articles in UNIX Technology Advisor? = 5%, 94%, 0%
1u: Marosi's standards newsletter? = 3%, 96%, 0%
1z: the book Information Technology Standardization by= 3%, 96%, 0%
1t: Nina Lytton's Open Systems Observer? = 1%, 98%, 0%
1x: standards articles in UNIX Journal? = 1%, 96%, 1%
2: Would you or your company (y or n):
2: =yes%, no%,bad%
2a: join USENIX ($40/year) to get the snitch reports i= 65%, 32%, 1%
2c: pay $20/year as a USENIX member for the standards = 56%, 41%, 1%
2b: pay $35/year to get a separate paper standards new= 41%, 56%, 1%
2d: pay $1000/year to be a patron of such a newsletter= 5%, 91%, 3%
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? =3.72 ( 3%, 3%, 25%, 34%, 29%; 3%)
3g: opinions of report editor? =3.53 ( 3%, 5%, 31%, 37%, 18%; 3%)
3e: context (effects on other committe=3.43 ( 1%, 6%, 34%, 25%, 24%; 6%)
3c: accuracy? =3.41 ( 1%, 3%, 32%, 41%, 13%; 6%)
3d: level of technical detail? =3.38 ( 0%, 17%, 31%, 31%, 17%; 3%)
3h: editing? =3.36 ( 0%, 3%, 50%, 27%, 13%; 5%)
3i: editorials? =3.29 ( 1%, 10%, 41%, 32%, 10%; 3%)
3a: timeliness? =3.28 ( 3%, 10%, 34%, 24%, 20%; 6%)
3b: coordination with standards meetin=2.98 ( 0%, 6%, 65%, 15%, 5%; 6%)
3j: oversight by publisher? =2.78 ( 3%, 17%, 60%, 10%, 3%; 5%)
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? =3.60 ( 0%, 1%, 44%, 27%, 22%; 3%)
4l: number of committees covered? =3.60 ( 0%, 5%, 39%, 18%, 31%; 5%)
4a: timeliness? =3.48 ( 0%, 0%, 44%, 27%, 20%; 6%)
4c: accuracy? =3.47 ( 0%, 0%, 44%, 29%, 18%; 6%)
4e: context (effects on other committe=3.47 ( 0%, 5%, 43%, 34%, 13%; 3%)
4k: analytical reports (like the UniFo=3.34 ( 1%, 1%, 48%, 31%, 12%; 5%)
4m: number of reports? =3.19 ( 1%, 10%, 50%, 17%, 15%; 5%)
4b: coordination with standards meetin=3.17 ( 0%, 0%, 63%, 20%, 8%; 6%)
4f: opinions of snitches? =3.05 ( 5%, 6%, 58%, 18%, 6%; 3%)
4g: opinions of report editor? =2.93 ( 5%, 8%, 58%, 17%, 5%; 5%)
4n: length of each report? =2.93 ( 0%, 10%, 63%, 13%, 5%; 6%)
4h: editing? =2.88 ( 0%, 1%, 82%, 6%, 1%; 6%)
4i: editorials? =2.88 ( 3%, 6%, 68%, 13%, 1%; 5%)
4o: length of editorial? =2.81 ( 3%, 10%, 68%, 10%, 1%; 5%)
4j: oversight by publisher? =2.59 ( 5%, 12%, 74%, 1%, 0%; 6%)
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=4.10 ( 1%, 0%, 15%, 43%, 37%; 1%)
5f: Encourage appropriate people to ge=3.91 ( 1%, 0%, 24%, 44%, 27%; 1%)
5g: Write and present proposals to sta=3.78 ( 1%, 3%, 24%, 39%, 27%; 3%)
5B: Collaborate with EUUG (European UN=3.60 ( 3%, 1%, 39%, 24%, 27%; 3%)
5b: Publish reports on standards activ=3.55 ( 0%, 1%, 46%, 37%, 12%; 1%)
5h: Vote with specific comments on sta=3.52 ( 5%, 1%, 37%, 29%, 22%; 3%)
5k: Collaborate with other user groups=3.52 ( 3%, 3%, 31%, 27%, 27%; 6%)
5c: Hold informal Birds of a Feather (=3.50 ( 0%, 5%, 44%, 36%, 12%; 1%)
5D: Collaborate with AUUG (Australian =3.43 ( 3%, 1%, 41%, 20%, 25%; 6%)
5F: Collaborate with JUS (Japan UNIX S=3.36 ( 3%, 0%, 44%, 25%, 18%; 6%)
5I: Collaborate with UKUUG (The United=3.31 ( 5%, 3%, 39%, 24%, 20%; 6%)
5e: Hold workshops on standards? =3.31 ( 3%, 8%, 41%, 29%, 13%; 3%)
5H: Collaborate with Sinix (The Singap=3.29 ( 3%, 1%, 46%, 24%, 17%; 6%)
5E: Collaborate with GUUG (The German =3.26 ( 5%, 1%, 44%, 24%, 17%; 6%)
5G: Collaborate with NLUUG (The Nether=3.26 ( 5%, 1%, 46%, 20%, 18%; 6%)
5a: Moderate newsgroups and mailing li=3.26 ( 3%, 3%, 56%, 18%, 13%; 3%)
5d: Hold formal sessions on standards =3.24 ( 5%, 12%, 34%, 32%, 12%; 3%)
5C: Collaborate with AFUU (Association=3.22 ( 5%, 3%, 44%, 22%, 17%; 6%)
5j: Lobby standards oversight bodies r=3.22 ( 5%, 3%, 46%, 27%, 12%; 5%)
5A: Collaborate with UniForum? =3.16 ( 12%, 1%, 32%, 31%, 15%; 6%)
5J: Collaborate with X/Open? =3.05 ( 5%, 8%, 48%, 17%, 13%; 6%)
5l: Collaborate with vendor associatio=2.95 ( 3%, 10%, 50%, 25%, 3%; 6%)
5L: Collaborate with the Open Software=2.90 ( 8%, 12%, 50%, 22%, 3%; 3%)
5K: Collaborate with Unix Internationa=2.84 ( 5%, 13%, 50%, 18%, 5%; 6%)
5Q: Collaborate with SUG (Sun User Gro=2.66 ( 12%, 13%, 50%, 10%, 6%; 6%)
5m: Collaborate with vendor-specific u=2.64 ( 10%, 18%, 48%, 6%, 8%; 6%)
5N: Collaborate with DECUS (Digital Eq=2.47 ( 15%, 13%, 53%, 8%, 1%; 6%)
5O: Collaborate with Interex (Internat=2.45 ( 17%, 12%, 53%, 8%, 1%; 6%)
5M: Collaborate with ADUS (Apollo DOMA=2.36 ( 17%, 12%, 55%, 5%, 1%; 8%)
5P: Collaborate with NUUG (NCR Unix Us=2.36 ( 17%, 12%, 55%, 5%, 1%; 8%)
6: Are you a member of (y or n):
6: =yes%, no%,bad%
6a: USENIX? =100%, 0%, 0%
6q: ACM? = 60%, 39%, 0%
6o: IEEE Computer Society? = 53%, 46%, 0%
6j: Other user group? = 34%, 62%, 3%
6r: Other professional society? = 31%, 65%, 3%
6p: IEEE? = 29%, 70%, 0%
6Y: the paper correspondence list for a standards comm= 27%, 72%, 0%
6Z: in the balloting group for a standards committee? = 24%, 75%, 0%
6b: UniForum? = 22%, 77%, 0%
6X: a standards committee working group (attend meetin= 18%, 81%, 0%
6c: EUUG? = 3%, 96%, 0%
6h: AUUG? = 3%, 94%, 1%
6g: UKUUG? = 1%, 96%, 1%
6d: AFUU? = 0%, 98%, 1%
6e: GUUG? = 0%, 98%, 1%
6f: NLUUG? = 0%, 98%, 1%
6i: JUS? = 0%, 98%, 1%
7: Are you (y or n):
7: =yes%, no%,bad%
7a: a user? = 93%, 6%, 0%
7b: an application implementor? = 72%, 27%, 0%
7c: a system interface implementor? = 58%, 41%, 0%
7h: a manager? = 44%, 53%, 1%
7d: a test suite implementor? = 13%, 86%, 0%
7g: in procurement? = 13%, 86%, 0%
7i: an executive? = 13%, 84%, 1%
7f: in marketing? = 1%, 98%, 0%
7e: in sales? = 0%,100%, 0%
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