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Some stats that color my view

Posted by: rparker
Date posted: Wed, 18 Jun 1997

Being criticized by Practically Everyone is one thing; being criticized, condemed, flamed, and so on by a vocal few is another. Close to half of the posts in this forum are from 10 individuals -- myself included. I have been able to discern from comments, signatures, and forum "handles" that many of these 10 are OS/2 developers and users. The complaints that have been loudest (in some instances shrill) have been that we threw out a poll in which OS/2 won. I'll also remind forum participants that they have been particularly hostile to folks who've suggested that their enthusiasm for trashing the poll is a bit extreme.

So, I think it is logical that I assume that it is the OS/2 community -- developers with a financial stake in the operating system and users with a very profound desire to see the OS succeed -- that is most vocal on this forum.

Yes, I'll conceed that I and InfoWorld can and have made mistakes. I think that I have already acknowledged some in this forum. But, we are satisfied that the current Readers Choice reflects the opinions of the people who we consider our primary readers. It is a sampling to be sure; many, many people were not asked, and many, many smart people were disqualified because they work for a software, hardware or networking company. And, although we learned that many participants in our survey read InfoWorld Electric, we do know and acknowldge that Electric readers were not specifically polled.

Will we do a Readers' Choice poll in the exact same manner next year? Probably not. We have received alot of good advice here and in other places. Sandy and the editorial team will have to decide how best to handle that poll later this year.

Meantime, we have a paper to get out.

Rachel Parker
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