Hi Roger,

I think you have a very valid point. I agree that the survey is end-
user centric. We are basically trying to assess the reach and
acceptance that Firebird has achieved so far in the marketplace and
amongst developers, its strengths and weaknesses as per the actual
users and its readiness for Enterprise level applications.

However, your point is important which we agree we had overlooked.
As such we have modified the survey to be more apt to all concerned.
The users in the questions in your case would be the sum of the
number of end-users of your product taking all your customers into
account. We have also added two more questions at the end of the
survey that is vendor specific. This will help us generate a better
report that would be much more complete and cater to a wider
audience.

I appreciate your feedback and look forward to your participation in
the survey.

Best regards,

Nitin Narayan


--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Vellacott"
<rvellacott@...> wrote:

>
> Nitin,
>
> Most of the questions seem designed for an end user rather than a
> company like ours which publishes software of which Firebird forms

a

> part. Some of the questions are unanswerable as they depend on so

many

> factors, for example
>
> "Given an option, which open source database system would you be

your

> choice?.*
>
> This is why we have not completed it, and I guess that might apply

to a

> number of FF members.
>
> Roger Vellacott
> Passfield Data Systems Ltd
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nitin [mailto:nitinarayan@...]
> Sent: 19 May 2006 14:37
> To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Firebird-general] Re: Survey on Firebird
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> In the last 24 hours we have had only about 2% of the group

members

> participate in the survey. We thank all those who participated and
> would request the others to come forward and participate. It will
> only take about 2 minutes of your time to take the survey.
>
> Thanking you in anticipation,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nitin Narayan
>
> --- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Nitin" <nitinarayan@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > Please take a few minutes to complete our online Survey on
> Firebird,
> > which explores trends in the usage of Firebird. Your opinions

will

> > make a significant contribution to our research.
> >
> > To thank you for participating, we will give you the survey
> results
> > free of charge and in advance of their public release. To have
> your
> > views included, please complete the survey before Monday, May

22.

> >
> > To take the survey, please go to:
> > http://surveys.mavenz.com
> >
> > Mavenz conducts surveys solely for research purposes. Your
> responses
> > will remain absolutely confidential, used only in the aggregated
> > results.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for taking this survey.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Nitin Narayan
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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