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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
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