Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!snorkelwacker!usc!wuarchive!uunet!usenix!jsq From: jsq@usenix.org (John S. Quarterman) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update Poll (responses from USENIX members) Message-ID: <506@usenix.ORG> Date: 12 Sep 90 19:14:42 GMT References: <440@usenix.ORG> <504@usenix.ORG> <505@usenix.ORG> Sender: jsq@usenix.ORG Lines: 145 Approved: jsq@usenix.org (Moderator, John Quarterman) X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net From: jsq@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@uunet.uu.net? = 5%, 93%, 1% 1D: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in std-unix@uu= 5%, 93%, 1% 1G: the EUUG and USENIX reports on WG15 in EUUGN? = 5%, 91%, 3% 1b: the mailing list std-unix@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% Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 100