[Coco] DriveWire survey results

[John W. Linville]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 03:29:07PM -0400, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> Thanks to everyone that took the time to contribute their thoughts.
> 
> You can see the results here:
> 
> https://docs.google.com/a/aaronwolfe.com/forms/d/1vXEJPPnz4cQhhMun01AE-9aqEKDBf3iMzu3qihgwVZc/viewanalytics
> 
> Some thoughts:
> 
> It looks like nearly noone uses Coco 1 or 2s.  That surprised me.
> However, we do have plenty of Dragon users.

I think I'm the one that answered for using the CoCo 2!  Just don't
kill it, eh?

> BASIC vs OS9 remains about an even split.
> 
> Linux is more used than I knew.  I will put more effort into making
> future versions smooth on Linux.

Woohoo! :-)

> For the "how do you use drivewire section", all I see is that almost
> everyone uses it for existing local disk images.  the answers for
> downloading/exploring new software and writing new software are even
> across the board from never to always..

I would guess that mirrors the overall community -- not that many
people exploring or developing new stuff (unfortunately!)...

> the "priorities" section has some clear information.  disk services
> and networking services are very popular.  MIDI is somewhat hated :(
> The others are pretty flat I guess.  So.. disk and networking will get
> the most love going forward.  MIDI stays if for no reason other than I
> like it :)

I wouldn't say anyone hates it.  I just don't use it. :-)

John
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