cross-platform virus

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Wednesday 12 April 2006 10:38, Cefiar wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:45, Peter Garrett wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:13:14 +1000
> >
> > Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > When they hear about Ubuntu, they hear how good it is, when they try it
> > > they get the opposite impression.
> >
> > Is there any evidence to back up this surprising assertion? A few people
> > criticising Ubuntu does not a valid sample make, methinks...
>
> See below.
>
> > > Most of Ubuntu's growth is from windows.
> >
> > Really? Do you have any figures on this? I think it's rather doubtful,
> > although if it were true, that would be A Good Thing (tm).
>
> It would be interesting to have some sort of survey/poll that new users can
> take to help Ubuntu see what problems they commonly have, and what systems
> they had used previously. This could give us the details of their issues
> and the context to understand them - thereby allowing us to address them
> better.
>
> Note that I'm sort of envisaging a set of tickboxes (multiple choices
> allowed) with common issues next to them, and a few more free-form fields
> for users to fill in, with a similar sort of thing for their previous
> computing experiences (with multiple choices and free-forms), and perhaps a
> pulldown box for how long they've been using each. Of course, it would be
> good to keep a constant track on the free form fields and try and turn them
> into their own options if they become popular enough.
>
> Sure, there's the data collected through mailing lists and via people on
> irc, but this isn't really measured in a quantifiable way. Recording info
> from mailing lists and irc of course could be a job in itself, but one I
> suspect that would require a lot of human effort. By getting feedback from
> our userbase in a usable manner, we can actually quantify this information,
> and make some reasonable decisions.
>
Sounds like a good idea

Sasha