[eclipse.org-membership-at-large] Re: [eclipse.org-committers] SD Times

[Dave Steinberg <davidms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Whoops, apologies for the misfire...It
seems I hit *something* that my mail client interpreted as "send"
at quite the wrong time...I'll try again...

Hi Ian, 

I'm more than a little confused about questions 19a, 19b, and 19c (I assume
that "13c" is a typo, since there's already a separate question
13). 

QUESTION 19a: Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used by your
organization and which do you expect will be used within the next year?
QUESTION 19b: Which Eclipse "bits" do you expect to use by your
organization and which do you expect will be used within the next 12 months?
QUESTION 13c: Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used OR do you
expect will be used by your organization within the next year?

It seems a asks about two very distinct things (current use and expected
use), but there are not separate results for the two parts.  Then,
in b, the second part merely repeats the second part of a, while the first
is just a less specific version of the same (no timeframe given).
 As far as I can see, a and
c differ only in the conjunction used to join the two parts ("and"
in a vs. "OR" in c).  The only way I can read them at all
differently is to read a as "which bits are currently in use and do
you expect will still be in use within the next year?".  And
that reading seems quite absurd.  In spite of all the overlap, the
results to the three questions are quite different.

Am I missing something here, or is there,
perhaps, some mistake in the reporting of these questions?  Could
you or Alan provide any insights, or should I wait for the conference call?

Thanks,
Dave

-- 
Dave Steinberg
Rational Software - IBM Toronto Lab
mailto:davidms@xxxxxxxxxx

Dave Steinberg/Toronto/IBM

01/04/2007 02:21 PM

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cc	"'Alan Zeichick'" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxx>, eclipse.org-committers@xxxxxxxxxxx, eclipse.org-member-marketing@xxxxxxxxxxx, eclipse.org-membership-at-large@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject	Re: [eclipse.org-committers] SD Times Eclipse SurveyLink

Hi Ian, 

I'm more than a little confused about questions 19a, 19b, and 19c (I assume
that "13c" is a typo, since there's already a separate question
13). 

QUESTION 19a: Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used by your
organization and which do you expect will be used within the next year?
QUESTION 19b: Which Eclipse "bits" do you expect to use by your
organization and which do you expect will be used within the next 12 months?
QUESTION 13c: Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used OR do you
expect will be used by your organization within the next year?

I kind of expected to see separate results for each part of each of these
questions.  For example, in a, "which bits are currentl used
by your organization" and "which bits do you expect will be used
within the next year", but that's not the case.  

As far as I can see, a and c differ only in the conjunction used to join
the two parts ("and" in a vs. "OR" in c).  
given that separate results aren't given for the two parts of each question
in a, 
at suggests that it should be read as "which bits are currently in
use and will still be in use 

-- 
Dave Steinberg
Rational Software - IBM Toronto Lab
mailto:davidms@xxxxxxxxxx

"Ian Skerrett" <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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01/03/2007 03:59 PM

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cc	"'Alan Zeichick'" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject	[eclipse.org-committers] SD Times Eclipse Survey

Dear Eclipse Member Companies 
  
BZ Media has recently completed their annual Eclipse survey of the SD Times
readership.   The Eclipse Foundation has purchased the distribution
rights to this survey and is making it available to all member companies
and committers.   Attached is pdf copy of the survey results.  We
hope you will find this a useful resource for your Eclipse product and
project planning.  It is requested that you restrict the distribution
of this survey to within your organization. 
  
We have also arranged to have Alan Zeichick from BZ Media to present the
results of the survey on January 17th at 9:30amPT/12:30pmET/6:30pmCET.
  The presentation will be held via a conference call.   Call-in
details and the presentation slides will be sent out before January 17th.
  
In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
  
Happy New Year. 
Ian 
  
  
  
  
  
Ian Skerrett 
Director of Marketing 
Eclipse Foundation, Inc. 
Tel: 613-224-9461  ext. 227 
Fax: 613-224-5172 
ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.eclipse.org
Blog: http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/
  
 
  
  
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