Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-12-12 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:56, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:18, Dotan Cohen wrote: sidenote: this year has had probably the worst participation since I've started this poll in 2005 :-( >>> >>> I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? >>>

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
>>> Me neither. I didn't participate because there wasn't a web based >>> app. It's not like there isn't any FOSS web based poll software >>> available ... >> >> Out of interest, why? This seems to me like odd grounds on which to not >> participate. > > I don't post/read this list with e-mail softw

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> I, for one, probably wouldn't have participated if I had to open a web >> browser.  I certainly wouldn't have participated if I had to register. > > It would be useful if you can choose both methods (mail and doodle > like system) > They will both be supported, and no, there will be no need to

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-20 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:00 +, Avi Greenbury in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > S. Fishpaste wrote: >> Me neither. I didn't participate because there wasn't a web based >> app. It's not like there isn't any FOSS web based poll software >> available ... > > Out of interest, why? This seems to

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
> Hi, are there possibilies to do this survey using a internet-based > user interface. I think, this might give more up-to-date information. > Next year's survey will almost certainly be web-based. I am collaborating with Tshepang on this. In the meantime, to keep one's answers off the archived we

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-20 Thread Avi Greenbury
S. Fishpaste wrote: > Me neither. I didn't participate because there wasn't a web based > app. It's not like there isn't any FOSS web based poll software > available ... Out of interest, why? This seems to me like odd grounds on which to not participate. -- Avi Greenbury http://aviswebsite.co.uk

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-20 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:15:54 +0100, Javier Barroso in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > I think that a webapp can do the hard work of recollect all the data > from people that doesn't dislike webapps and then a poor human can > translate from email replies to the database and get stats from both.

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-18 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , Gabor Urban > wrote: >>Hi, are there possibilies to do this survey using a internet-based >>user interface. > > It has used email traveling over the Internet since it's inception.  That's an > Internet-based user interface in my

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Gabor Urban wrote: >Hi, are there possibilies to do this survey using a internet-based >user interface. It has used email traveling over the Internet since it's inception. That's an Internet-based user interface in my book. Is it possible your mean "web-based"? That's still a bad term, s

results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-18 Thread Gabor Urban
Hi, are there possibilies to do this survey using a internet-based user interface. I think, this might give more up-to-date information. -- Linux: Choice of a GNU Generation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
> Isn't it a good thing? I think it is amazingly good. Take a look at all > those questions asked in the Ubuntu forum, >90% are tasteless. What's > worse, (have you flipped down several index pages?), the questions on the > 4th or 5th pages are just asked hours ago! I think the "huge success" of >

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:31 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >>> my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of >>> traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observation at best. >> >> This seem to back that up. >> >> http://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-user.png > > T

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:01:53 -0500 Tim Tebbit wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > My guess would be the popularity of Ubuntu. Much of the pie went > > there. As Ubuntu is Debian-derived, how about doing the poll there as > > well? > > > > Out of curiosity I extracted unique email address from

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Tim Tebbit
Dotan Cohen wrote: > > My guess would be the popularity of Ubuntu. Much of the pie went > there. As Ubuntu is Debian-derived, how about doing the poll there as > well? > Out of curiosity I extracted unique email address from ubuntu-users.mbox available from their archive site. The archive starts

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Avi Greenbury
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:01:20 +0200 Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> Would you like me to do it? I am rather active on the Ubuntu and > >> Kubuntu lists. I have no problem taking responsibility for those > >> lists every year, and you keep up the good work with Debian. What > >> do you say? > > > > magnifi

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> Would you like me to do it? I am rather active on the Ubuntu and >> Kubuntu lists. I have no problem taking responsibility for those lists >> every year, and you keep up the good work with Debian. What do you >> say? > > magnificent! when u going to start it? I'm going to re-subscribe right > no

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:25, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> I actually once did, but am sure I'll be swamped if I try now - Ubuntu >> is massive! It would be nice though to compare the response >> (favourites) from both camps. I'll limit myself to Debian for now; >> maybe next year :-( >> > > Would you li

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I actually once did, but am sure I'll be swamped if I try now - Ubuntu > is massive! It would be nice though to compare the response > (favourites) from both camps. I'll limit myself to Debian for now; > maybe next year :-( > Would you like me to do it? I am rather active on the Ubuntu and Kubun

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:18, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> sidenote: >>> this year has had probably the worst participation since I've started >>> this poll in 2005 :-( >> >> I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? >> >> my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth o

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:31, Tim Tebbit wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> >> I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? >> >> my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of >> traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observation at best. > > This

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-17 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 20:31 -0500, Tim Tebbit wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? > > > > my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of > > traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observation at b

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> sidenote: >> this year has had probably the worst participation since I've started >> this poll in 2005 :-( > > I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? > > my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of > traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory obser

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:31:47PM -0500, Tim Tebbit wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? > > > > my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of > > traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observati

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-16 Thread Tim Tebbit
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why? > > my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of > traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observation at best. This seem to back that up. http://lists.debian.org/stats/de

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:07:21PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > > Following is the results of a poll that has been running for over a > week, one which questions readers of debian-user to list their > favourite FLOSS -> Free (Libre) or Open Source Software. [...] > > sidenote: > thi

results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS (2009)

2009-11-16 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, Following is the results of a poll that has been running for over a week, one which questions readers of debian-user to list their favourite FLOSS -> Free (Libre) or Open Source Software. There's the usual stars in the form of Firefox/Iceweasel, GIMP, aptitude, and OpenOffice.org's word proce