On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

>
> And then well it's up to people if they listen, what they do with the
> data and how they follow it up. Sure the results will need reviewing with
> a little car


The answers are so vague that you are not going to be able to follow up on
them. So they are unhappy with GNOME. Then what?

Plus the resulting debate may well answer even more questions than the
> survey ever did...
>
> If you care about debating and learning from our core group of dedicated
supporters, yes. If you care about average users, well, I doubt you'll learn
much from them this way. The questions and answers are just too vague and
those people are likely not reading LWN so they won't be able to follow up
with us that way.

Of course, maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps the average user of Linux/GNOME does
know what GNOME is, knows how to contact the GNOME team and can tell you
what version of GNOME they are using. And if they do, what is the survey
going to tell you? That they do or don't like GNOME? And how long they have
been using GNOME? What are we going to do with that information?

Before any survey, you should know how you are going to use the information
so that you can be sure to ask the right questions.

Stormy
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