DaveNet: Saturday, April 5, 1997; by Dave Winer.

MacWEEK/DaveNet Survey

With the Expo starting next week, and given the announcements of late December, one of the hot party topics is sure to be "Where are you going?"

We're all going somewhere. Or are we? Are we going together, or are we dividing up? Let's find out.

We're conducting this survey in conjunction with MacWEEK to learn more about the current direction of the Mac developer community.

You can monitor the survey results in real time on the "Developer Survey Results" page.

Developers only

Only respond to this survey only if you are actively developing software for the Mac.

We want to know how you feel right now, at this moment. Do you know what platforms you'll be developing software for in the future? Base your responses only on what you know right now. You may change your mind later as more facts become available.

This isn't a corporate survey. If you work for a company that develops software for the Mac, or if you develop Mac software in your spare time, please fill out the form.

The responses are accumulated into a summary, so you aren't making a public announcement. You may include the URL of a web page that describes your products, but unless you state your future platform preferences on your site, no one will know which way you are going.

Please be honest about your true at-this-moment platform intentions.

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Question 1. Which platforms do you currently develop software for?

Macintosh	Windows (3.1, 95 or NT)
NextStep	Other Unix
Be OS

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Question 2. In the future, will you develop for System 7, Harmony and subsequent releases?

Strong Yes

Yes

Unsure

No

Strong No

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Question 3. In the future, will you develop for Microsoft Windows, 3.1, 95 or NT and subsequent releases?

Strong Yes

Yes

Unsure

No

Strong No

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Question 4. In the future, will you develop for NextStep, and future versions of the Mac OS that incorporate NextStep features?

Strong Yes

Yes

Unsure

No

Strong No

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Question 5. In the future, will you develop for other versions of Unix, including Solaris, SCO, Linux, etc.?

Strong Yes

Yes

Unsure

No

Strong No

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Question 6. In the future, will you develop for the Be OS?

Strong Yes

Yes

Unsure

No

Strong No

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Question 7. Optional: Point to a web page describing your software.

This link will not, in any way, be associated with your other responses.

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Final step -- register your response.

Click on the Submit button when you're finished entering choices in the form.

You can watch the results in real-time thru the "Developer Survey Results" page.