M Web Magazine 007 (June 5, 1998 - September 4, 1998)

MWM007 Survey

Opinion About...

In this section we ask you for your opinion about a particular topic. The summarized results will be posted in the next issue of MWM and in the M newsgroup for further expansion on the topic. Click here to view the poll results of MWM 006.

Question

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"How important is the ANSI M standard to you?"

Very important.

Don't know what ANSI M is.

Not important.

I don't know

Last Survey

In MWM006 we asked the following:

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"The number of programming languages/environments in use will decrease in the next 10 years as hardware improvements, increased web utilization, and more efficient cross platform software development tools gain ground."

Yes, I agree 100%

I agree but

I don't agree because

I don't know

We had 341 valid entries and they are:

Yes, I agree 100% 5%
I agree but 10%
I don't agree because 33%
I don't know 52%

Many of those who did agree point a finger at Java and the Internet as ultimately being the the sole development environment for everyone.

Those who did not agree were more varied in their reply and a large percentage left this field blank. Of those who did fill the comment field, the two major lines of reasoning were:

  1. No development tool can be that universal

  2. Computing is dynamic and will change as new development crop up.

 

Send you comments to chribonn@softhome.net.

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