User Poll October 2007
We've conducted a user poll for the whole Apache XML Graphics project to gather data for a decision to drop support for Java 1.3 (or even java 1.4). The results:
A total of 87 people responded. Thanks a lot to everyone who has taken the time fo fill out the survey!
Product Usage
[http://people.apache.org/~jeremias/userpoll2007-10/chart-product-usage.png]
Comments
- 86 people responded, 1 skipped this question
- Multiple answers were possible.
- Note that most FOP users are implicitely Batik users, too.
- 32 out of the 86 people (37%) only use Batik.
- One person out of the 86 people (1.2%) only uses XML Graphics Commons
Main Production Operating System
[http://people.apache.org/~jeremias/userpoll2007-10/chart-prod-os.png]
Comments
- 82 people responded, 5 skipped this question
- The most "exotic" OS mentioned was the IBM OS/400 V5R4.
- One Batik user still uses Windows 98.
- Additional operating systems the products have to run on (secondary operating systems)
- the usual suspects: Windows, Linux, OSX and Solaris
- 5 mentioned BSD
- 3 mentioned AIX
- 2 mentioned HP-UX
- 1 mentioned AS400/iSeries/i5/System i
Main Development Operating System
[http://people.apache.org/~jeremias/userpoll2007-10/chart-dev-os.png]
Comments
- 70 people responded, 17 skipped this question