On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Harald Schilly wrote:

> Hi, I've closed the survey. We have 233 submissions after 1 week.
>
> On Nov 18, 1:35 pm, Harald Schilly <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Later on, I'll keep the form open for new submissions so that we'll
>> get continuous feedback (e.g. each month a new form).
>
> I've put a small link to a new form (cleaned list of responses) on the
> website. I'll modify and enhance the questions and only a few will be
> mandatory. Feedback welcome!
>
> @rfj: I've added a "Maxima, Sympy, ..." row in the software grid to
> include open source computer algebra systems. I didn't want to add
> that row in the middle of the survey (after about 150 responses of
> 233) to avoid distorted statistics.
>
> Who wants to help me analyzing the responses?
>
> There were also concerns about publishing the data. I want to share
> everything, because this is a great opportunity for everyone to read
> what others think about the project. For example, if I have a feeling
> for this or that and I read it from somebody else, it helps that idea.
> It also fosters exchanging different views, between developers and
> users, and so on. I'm not done reading the data, but as far as i can
> see there shouldn't be any concerns.  I see this like a virtual
> gathering of all Sage interested people in a huge room and everyone is
> now able to read each others mind.

Sharing aggregate data, I think, is fine (e.g. totals for all the  
multiple choice questions). Also, it is probably safe to give all the  
answers for any specific question, but I would not make available a  
list of answers by person.

> @Simon, about the location / geographical areas: They are very
> unspecific (usa, europe+russia, eastern asia ... there are millions of
> people!), but I can delete that column if it is really a problem. The
> survey wasn't asking about the country and nowhere is this
> information...

There's a difference between "250 people from europe answered the  
survey" and "the person who said this, this, and that lives in ease  
asia."

- Robert

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