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EDITOR'S VIEW
How Can We Help You?
Take this reader survey to ensure that Advisor gives you the best expert advice and resources.
By Elizabeth L. Olsen, Managing Editor, FoxPro Advisor
A magazine seems to be a one-way medium, but we very much want to hear from you. The editorial team and I would love to know what you're doing and where you're going, so we can make this magazine and its CD, conference, training, and Web cousins as useful as possible. If you can help us understand your interests and needs, we'll do everything we can to serve you better.
Please take a few minutes to answer these questions. You can e-mail your response to FoxSurvey@Advisor.com; just number your answers so we can match them to the questions. Or you can use the similar online form at http://www.Advisor.com/FoxSurvey. Please be candid and complete. We will not reveal your identity to anyone without your permission. I'll report back on the general nature of what you tell us.
Every complete survey will be entered into a random drawing for a free pass to Visual FoxPro DevCon 2000 in September in Miami Beach. (Limited to one survey/drawing entry per person.)
1. What kind of developer are you? How do you see yourself? Here are some of the common descriptions, but please use any words that best describe you:
- FoxPro developer
- Web developer
- Office integration developer
- e-Business developer
2. If you see yourself evolving into a different type of developer, which type, and how soon?
3A. How important to you are the products/technologies listed below? Score them on a scale from 10 (use it all the time) down to 1 (once in a blue moon) to 0 (no interest).
3B. For each key product/technology, which versions do you use now?
4. What technologies do you use, and how important are they? Use the 10-0 scale:
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- Active Server Pages (ASP)
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- Active Data Objects (ADO)
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- Data Access Objects (DAO)
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5. Which versions of FoxPro/Visual FoxPro are important to you? Use the 10 to 0 scale to indicate your current and probable future use of each of these:
- Visual FoxPro 7.0
- Visual FoxPro 6.0
- Visual FoxPro 5.0
- Visual FoxPro 3.0
- FoxPro for Windows 2.x
- FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.x
6. Help us understand how you use information technology. For instance, what do you develop? What key capabilities do you use?
7. How are you involved in Web application development? How might this change over 18 months?
8. What type of company do you work for, what is your job title/function, and what is your technical experience level?
9A. How long have you been reading FOXPRO ADVISOR?
9B. How did you find out about FOXPRO ADVISOR?
10. What subject matter in the magazine do you find most beneficial? Least beneficial?
11A. Does the technical level of articles meet your needs?
11B. If not, why not? Tell use exactly what you need and want. How would you like us to address this need?
12. What types of articles do you read regularly: case studies, reviews, how-to, design advice, management guidance, Advisor Tips, Advisor Answers, Editor's View, other?
13. What else would you like to see in FOXPRO ADVISOR?
14. What do you want Microsoft to know? We'll pass it on (but without your name).
15. What information and training resources would you like Advisor to offer you? In what forms (such as magazine, journal, CD, Web, e-mail, in person)?
16. What else do you want us to know about your projects, your challenges, and your needs for information and expert advice? We're listening!
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