I agree with need for continued communication which is essential. I do though suspect that a substantial amount of those that are wanting to test it (an additional 32.7%) plan to use it, but are wanting to see how well it performs first. This would bring it well over the 70% range. Time will tell.
Great poll Scott, let's do a poll again when it's released. Real soon ; ) -John On 8/6/08 10:35 AM, "Rick Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After analyzing the results, out of 50 people, only 23 plan to move to > WiTango 6. 46%. > - 42 people are using WiTango 5.5 (84%) > - 1 person is using WiTango 6 beta (2%) > - 13 people do 100% of their development in WiTango (26%) > - 6 people only use it for 10% of their projects (12%) > - 6 people either don't program in WiTango or chose other, and those > responses aren't for new projects. (12%) > > Since the first 50 responses have been given fairly quickly, these are the > most active WiTango people. The percentages therefore are fairly accurate. > > What does this mean for the future of WiTango? What message is being sent to > WiTango? We need updates, news, information, marketing efforts, and support. > > Rick Sanders > Webenergy > Canada: 902-431-7279 > USA: 919-799-9076 > Canada: www.webenergy.ca > USA: www.webenergyusa.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Cadillac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August-06-08 1:39 PM > To: Witango-Talk > Subject: Witango-Talk: Observations on Survey results > > Hi All, > > The survey has reached 49 responses, a very respectable number. > Congratulations everyone. > > http://freeonlinesurveys.com/viewresults.asp?c=x4jovb5l0cv4h6y469661 > > Note, I think the survey system only lets you see the first 50 > responses. For more you have to buy a monthly subscription. > > An observation that I think is interesting, is that the number of > people coding on a particular platform for their Editor/Studio does > not directly match the Server platform they deploy to. As well, the > majority of choice for an alternate technology platform (Linux) also > do not match the platform most considered stable for Witango (Windows). > > I think what that says is that Witango programmers are less concerned > about the Operating System they use, and more interested in stability > and options. Personally I think that's a great attribute for a good > programmer or service provider - by focusing on the solution and not > letting yourself get hung up on the logistics. Of course, some might > say the same should be said about our choice of programming languages > too. > > Also, I see the interest in Java based options (both current and as an > alternate technology) being very low - yet, a lot of people are > planning to move to version 6 which is apparently java-based. Does > that mean we trust Java more as an application platform than as a > coding environment? Just curious. > > In hindsight I know I could have worded things a little differently, > but mostly I wish I had added another option for Question 10 (What do > you use or see as a workable transition platform?) as "Not interested > in moving away from Witango". But for being a spur of the moment > thing, I think it all worked out pretty well. Thank you. > > Take care. > > Scott, > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > __________________________________________________ John Carrieri Chairman & CEO U. Inc. 12250 El Camino Real, Suite #100 San Diego, Ca. 92130 Office: (858) 847-3350 x1001 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ #1 in College Search - http://www.colleges.com The Name says it All - http://www.employment.com Power to the People - http://www.campaign.com All the News. No Ink. - http://www.onlinetimes.com __________________________________________________ Colleges.com Natural Listings: #1 Google keyword colleges¹ #1 MSN keyword colleges¹ #1 Google keyword college¹ #1 AOL keyword colleges¹ #1 Yahoo keyword colleges¹ #1 Ask keyword colleges¹ #1 Yahoo keyword college¹ #1 Myspace keyword colleges¹ U. Magazine - Largest college magazine: 500,000 circulation #1 on Google keyword college magazine¹ #1 on AOL keyword college magazine¹ #1 on Ask keyword college magazine¹ ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
