I don't think it's too surprising that Cloudant did not send this user survey to the CouchDB mailing list. :) Seems like basic netiquette to me,
B. On 16 November 2011 14:01, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2011, at 13:52 , Mehdi El Fadil wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have received the following mail from cloundant: >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >>> Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:23 PM >>> Subject: 2011 Apache CouchDB Community Survey... >>> >> Hi, >> >> In response to recent comments, >> Cloudant<http://lfov.net/webrecorder/c/?cid=LF_3ee937a2&lid=10&vid=37da98b1-eb43-42f7-ac96-ae67fed95614&email=projects%40mango-is.com&kid=2&ts=0>is >> conducting a survey to help find new ways to improve Apache CouchDB >> and >> its community. >> >> Since you've registered an interest in Apache CouchDB at Cloudant.com in >> the past, I'm asking for your participation. >> >> The survey should only take a few minutes, and responses will be kept >> anonymous. >> >> At the end of the survey period, on *Friday December 5*, we will: >> >> - Share the survey results publicly >> - Award a $500 Amazon Gift Certificate to a randomly chosen participant >> - Donate $5 per survey participant to the Apache Software >> Foundation<http://lfov.net/webrecorder/c/?cid=LF_3ee937a2&lid=11&vid=37da98b1-eb43-42f7-ac96-ae67fed95614&email=projects%40mango-is.com&kid=2&ts=0> >> >> Here's the link to the survey. Feel free to share it with other people who >> are familiar with CouchDB. >> >> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/couchDB-community<http://lfov.net/webrecorder/c/?cid=LF_3ee937a2&lid=12&vid=37da98b1-eb43-42f7-ac96-ae67fed95614&email=projects%40mango-is.com&kid=2&ts=0> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Surveying couchdb community looks like a good initiative to me, because I >> feel like couchdb is failing at listening to its users/customers and >> communicating with them (just a personal point of view based on my own >> experience, your mileage may vary). > > I'd be interested to hear where exactly we fail to look after users. Note > that this is a voluntary effort and we can't possibly make everybody happy. > That said, we're trying and I'd be happy to learn where we can improve. > > >> I did not find the survey in this mailing list, as well as no announcement >> on twitter, for a reason that is unclear to me. > > That question you'll have to ask Cloudant, the initiators of the survey. > > >> Well, now you have it, in case you are interested. > > Thanks for speaking up. > > Cheers > Jan > -- > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Mehdi. >> >> >> -- >> * >> Mehdi El Fadil >> twitter: @mango_info <http://www.twitter.com/mango_info> >> website: http://www.mango-is.com >> linkedin: http://be.linkedin.com/in/elfadme >> * >> <http://www.mango-is.com> > >
