Rob,

>(***) Not quite that simple with wingate proxy server. I actually have to
>create a tcp/ip mapping to the server on a particular port which mean for
>3050 I only get one mapping. it is definitely a drag.

That's a drag! We will have the HTML version up in hopefully a few days.
Then we will be able to reach everyone. I mainly wanted to be getting
feedback on the survey's contents.

>> There really should be some instructions of this sort... Perhaps someone
>> could help out and put some together for me?
>
>*** If that is what you want then why not just state so and structure the
>questionnaire so that people in **one** pass can answer the questions in
>each role. What advantage is there to doing it that way. Also how will

you

>get an accurate count of how many **people** are using it that way? Sorry
>I've got my statistician hat on now.

No way, that would be too complex. You want me to make this thing
multi-threaded! <g>

I'm not worried about people counts. I want accurate information from the
roles of those individules or entities using InterBase. In my case, I get
three entries. Each role takes on different distinctive answers for almost
all questions. I even have a different email address for each role... The
email address is what used to uniquely distinguish a survey user.

>*** Statistician hat on again here. Relying on a non-response to indicate

a

>response is like saying null means zero. People with meaningful answers to
>other questions may truly not have the time to go educate themselves. At
>the very least, put a quick explanation of the licenses up there that
>highlight the important differences. You must accept some people will not
>take the time to educate themselves before answering the survey. Do you

not

>want their data then?

The brief description should be enough to make the difference here.

This is a trade-off between complexity and accuracy. I get their data in the
form of a non-answer. I'm comfortable with the assumption it is based on. I
really want to encourage them to do a little thinking. Otherwise, what's the
use of the survey? This is information we want from people. Telling me I
don't care to take a minute and make a decision isn't very useful
information to me.

>> Actually, I'm not really worried about server environment. The client
>> environment on platforms is important too. I purposely left that a little
>> vague there. I could be convinced to change my mind though...
>
>*** What is your point in asking these questions then? What are you trying
>to find out?

I want to know what operating systems people are using and what priorities
of importance to them each has. Whether this is server or client related I
don't care to distinguish. I don't really even care if they have InterBase
in mind during this question. I just want to know what operating systems
people are using and what they attribute its importance to them as. Telling
them any additional context will bias them to answering in a way that may
not be what we want to know. I want to keep it open here.

Thanks for the feedback!

Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

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