

Readers' Choice Awards
Posted by: siteadm
Date posted: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
If you've read Sandy's column or our article on the Readers' Choice Awards, you know that we were surprised by the results. OS/2, the 6-to-1 victor of the InfoWorld Electric Poll conducted in February, had a much more modest showing in the Readers' Choice survey performed last month. Furthermore, the overall and Internet awards went to Netscape Navigator 3.0 -- unquestionably the leader of a category that we felt would soon be obsolete and so did not give an Editors' Choice award to.
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 took client honors while Windows NT Server was ranked as the top server product. Norton Administrator Suite Premiere Edition 3.0 won the networking category.
Having reviewed the methodology and the ballot, we feel strongly that this new poll accurately reflects the opinions of InfoWorld and InfoWorld Electric readers.
Nevertheless, soon after the Readers' Choice survey results Sandy Reed hopped on a plane rather than face this forum again -- just kidding. Seriously, her vacation and the survey results did coincide, and I, Rachel Parker, will be hosting this forum for a few days. Obviously, we expect that OS/2 enthusiasts will be disappointed, but what other reactions do you have to this survey and the methodology? And, six months into the year, what products are you favoring for the 1997 Readers Choice?
Rachel Parker
Opinions Editor
Responses:
- Surprised? (wmstann) Sat, 14 Jun
- How so? (rbagwell) Sat, 14 Jun
- Mercedes Benz & Rolex are Cults? (os2hq) Sat, 14 Jun
- OS fanatics (tsikes) Mon, 16 Jun
- Automobile Fanatics. (gabriel) Mon, 16 Jun
- Very well put (larue) Wed, 18 Jun
- Business & Pleasure Meet.... (os2hq) Mon, 16 Jun
- It goes beyond personal preference (WATSON) Mon, 16 Jun
- not so... (jlrowe) Sat, 14 Jun
- A small group.... (wmstann) Mon, 16 Jun
- I don't understand... (rcsteiner) Mon, 16 Jun
- over 5 years of lies can make anyone ... (larue) Wed, 18 Jun
- Lies (shifrbv) Thu, 19 Jun
- right you are (larue) Today
- Fanatics (EdSeitzinger) Wed, 18 Jun
- Actually... (rcsteiner) Mon, 16 Jun
- It was some time ago.... (wmstann) Tue, 17 Jun
- Not really... (up_yours) Today
- Good timing eh? (cjoffe) Today
- IWE Server (rparker) Today
- What Poll? (forum) Sat, 14 Jun
- Agreed (rbagwell) Sat, 14 Jun
- Infoworld Electric Readers Don't Matter (Ron Findling) Sat, 14 Jun
- Actually I did get it. (rbagwell) Sat, 14 Jun
- Because NT won. (Pete Cacchioli) Sun, 15 Jun
- We love NT!!! (Yeah right...) (dorseyt) Sun, 15 Jun
- NT stability? Double your server count. (larue) Wed, 18 Jun
- Well, that's easy to change (rogersm) Wed, 18 Jun
- Both Polls are Equally Bogus (os2hq) Sat, 14 Jun
- Some understand, some don't (khasim) Sat, 14 Jun
- Our methodology (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Not so representative. (alunj) Mon, 16 Jun
- Contact Circulation (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Details? (alunj) Mon, 16 Jun
- Why bother? (kdenehy) Mon, 16 Jun
- Buying InfoWorld (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Buy it??? (cjoffe) Tue, 17 Jun
- Product Categories (imric) Mon, 16 Jun
- Categories and sections (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Uh huh. (imric) Mon, 16 Jun
- A question (khasim) Mon, 16 Jun
- Attempting to answer (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Another Flaw In Your Methodology (Ron Findling) Tue, 17 Jun
- This isn't new (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Reasons Are Not Good Reasons (Ron Findling) Tue, 17 Jun
- Yes and no (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Part of the problem (cjoffe) Tue, 17 Jun
- No Matter How Much Criticism? (Ron Findling) Wed, 18 Jun
- Some stats that color my view (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- I will be cancelling my subscription (rplamb) Wed, 18 Jun
- Not all of us are agin' ye... (jmalloy) Wed, 18 Jun
- Hey Joke, Sorry Joe (EdSeitzinger) Thu, 19 Jun
- Thanks, But Main Question Not Answered (Ron Findling) Thu, 19 Jun
- Pay Attention... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- absolutes and disclosures (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- Once Again... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Hey (shifrbv) Thu, 19 Jun
- Number 11 (mlsilva) Thu, 19 Jun
- Thanks ! and Discontinue.... (slithgow) Thu, 19 Jun
- Have this question... (master) Tue, 17 Jun
- Focus (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Sample Size and Randomness (richives) Tue, 17 Jun
- This isn't Mil-Spec, it's Microsoft. (challeron) Tue, 17 Jun
- Another poll was held?? (up_yours) Mon, 16 Jun
- Big Name Computer Company (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Bias. (acagle) Mon, 16 Jun
- Rubbish!!! (Yaztromo) Mon, 16 Jun
- Yes, I call it valid (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- More clarification needed. (Yaztromo) Mon, 16 Jun
- "Your audience" != Your Readers! (Ron Findling) Tue, 17 Jun
- You've really restored your Credibility! (dkvello) Tue, 17 Jun
- All responses by Pointy Hair Managers? (hnick) Tue, 17 Jun
- You're wrong. (CRConrad) Tue, 17 Jun
- This is an even BIGGER load of BS... (up_yours) Tue, 17 Jun
- on 300 representing 300,000 (lmalates) Wed, 18 Jun
- 300 respondents do reflect our readers (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- But they DON'T reflect Electric readers (kdenehy) Wed, 18 Jun
- Sandy, you misunderstood my point (lmalates) Wed, 18 Jun
- Not Properly Representative (Ron Findling) Thu, 19 Jun
- Even better.. (napalm) Thu, 19 Jun
- Great point (kdenehy) Thu, 19 Jun
- Results Reporting... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Say what? (jhelmich) Thu, 19 Jun
- IT Vendors (EdSeitzinger) Thu, 19 Jun
- Gee since you are a consultant... (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- Consultant with a brain (EdSeitzinger) Thu, 19 Jun
- Re: Consultant with a brain (shifrbv) Today
- Math (w nau) Today
- Go to school..... (EdSeitzinger) Today
- Pure, Utter, Unmitigated BS ... (up_yours) Tue, 17 Jun
- Have clue, can't vote (CRConrad) Tue, 17 Jun
- Sorry, but we have to focus (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Careful where you point that thing (cjoffe) Tue, 17 Jun
- You are determined to argue -- I give up (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Who me??? (cjoffe) Tue, 17 Jun
- Your mission has been fulfilled. (imric) Tue, 17 Jun
- Was that "Focus" or "F*ck Us", Rachel? (up_yours) Wed, 18 Jun
- Reality adjustments indeed (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- Must be Netscape zealots (kdenehy) Wed, 18 Jun
- Netscapes Win... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Sampling (EdSeitzinger) Thu, 19 Jun
- we are not idiots (rcooper) Wed, 18 Jun
- Refusals to phone poll? (sayinf) Mon, 16 Jun
- Refusal rate (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Just out of curiosity (jhelmich) Thu, 19 Jun
- You're making an assumption (kdenehy) Thu, 19 Jun
- No assumption (jhelmich) Thu, 19 Jun
- This was a poll, not interrogation (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- maybe you should reconsider (jhelmich) Thu, 19 Jun
- Congratulations (kdenehy) Sat, 14 Jun
- Congratulations (kdenehy) Sat, 14 Jun
- Re: (shifrbv) Sat, 14 Jun
- Point is in Name of Poll (os2hq) Sat, 14 Jun
- Think About it... (minitmen) Sun, 15 Jun
- Chose for what? (kdenehy) Sun, 15 Jun
- Not to mention (kdenehy) Sun, 15 Jun
- Only logical explanation . . . (kdenehy) Sun, 15 Jun
- Not a readers' "choice" poll (Bernard) Sat, 14 Jun
- Call for another scientific survey (kdenehy) Sat, 14 Jun
- Yep... (warp1) Sat, 14 Jun
- Yep again (rbagwell) Sat, 14 Jun
- and Again... (cjoffe) Mon, 16 Jun
- The qualified circulation business (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- So... (alunj) Mon, 16 Jun
- Nice spin (kdenehy) Mon, 16 Jun
- As far as I am concerned ... (rothwell1) Sat, 14 Jun
- Good idea! (minitmen) Sun, 15 Jun
- Bad thought (CRConrad) Sun, 15 Jun
- Yes, it's an Annual Ritual (os2hq) Sun, 15 Jun
- worse thought (minitmen) Tue, 17 Jun
- Then why choose NT? (kdenehy) Tue, 17 Jun
- What is Dead? (rwrannells) Tue, 17 Jun
- Dead? Must be a strange definition (napalm) Tue, 17 Jun
- Think it's off again (kevinmca) Sat, 14 Jun
- I think that's a laugh (master) Sat, 14 Jun
- This Message Has No Title, Just Words (cornel) Sat, 14 Jun
- This response has no BS, just facts (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- A Question about those facts... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Top 5 out of many (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- Not True... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- survey != poll (sunnychung) Sat, 14 Jun
- Thus we see the problem. (acagle) Mon, 16 Jun
- Cynicism misplaced (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Huh? (w nau) Mon, 16 Jun
- One more nail (John J. Urbaniak) Mon, 16 Jun
- Not your adverts... (khasim) Mon, 16 Jun
- The hole in your circle (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- But, but, but . . . (kdenehy) Tue, 17 Jun
- But without advertisers.... (khasim) Tue, 17 Jun
- I'm sure you love your job but ... (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- But that's the point (khasim) Wed, 18 Jun
- So that is what the Reader's Choice is! (lmalates) Wed, 18 Jun
- I agree (khasim) Thu, 19 Jun
- Then Why Skew the Reporting... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- 300 surveyed... Wow... (TTChua) Sat, 14 Jun
- 300 readers surveyed, that's the point (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- Yes... and... (TTChua) Wed, 18 Jun
- And "other" is a valid choice (khasim) Wed, 18 Jun
- Do the Math... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Your assumptions (TTChua) Thu, 19 Jun
- Sampling (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Valid but utterly meaningless (grovedc) Thu, 19 Jun
- 300 out of 310000 is valid... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Prediction for 1997 (TTChua) Sat, 14 Jun
- You Missed Something (colinh) Mon, 16 Jun
- Subscribers etc etc Choice Award (gmuslera) Sat, 14 Jun
- New "POLL" is a farce, period (rmoyers) Sat, 14 Jun
- Reality VS Perception (leoxx) Sat, 14 Jun
- No Guts (os2hq) Sat, 14 Jun
- T3 and MacAddict (gabriel) Mon, 16 Jun
- Re: (shifrbv) Sun, 15 Jun
- Easier?? More expensive... (jlrowe) Sun, 15 Jun
- You Misunderstand (cjoffe) Mon, 16 Jun
- Whose choice is it, anyway (bknotts) Sat, 14 Jun
- clarification on awards (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Now the TRUTH is known (khasim) Sat, 14 Jun
- I have a question.... (rbagwell) Sat, 14 Jun
- Now that you mention it.... (khasim) Sat, 14 Jun
- Their sample wasn't large enough (rbagwell) Sat, 14 Jun
- Don't Kid Yourself, We Know Better (Ron Findling) Sat, 14 Jun
- "Scientific" ballot stuffing. (Andrew Grygus) Sat, 14 Jun
- Wow!!! 300 hundred people!! (dhmjr) Sat, 14 Jun
- Statistical Validity (sdugan) Sun, 15 Jun
- So explain why (khasim) Sun, 15 Jun
- Best Explaination I Can Offer (sdugan) Sun, 15 Jun
- My votes for 1997 (khasim) Sun, 15 Jun
- ROTFL!! (os2hq) Sun, 15 Jun
- No way (kdenehy) Sun, 15 Jun
- Idiot OS/2 peoples! (gabriel) Mon, 16 Jun
- Thinking far too small! (Yaztromo) Mon, 16 Jun
- Heh. (alunj) Mon, 16 Jun
- Speeking of Canadia . . . (kdenehy) Mon, 16 Jun
- Silly OS/2 users, at it again... (gabriel) Tue, 17 Jun
- Right on! (minitmen) Wed, 18 Jun
- Don't ignore the numbers (khasim) Mon, 16 Jun
- Simpsons Screen Saver, No Way (rwrannells) Mon, 16 Jun
- Give it up... (TTChua) Sun, 15 Jun
- No "inside" knowlege, but quick response (dhmjr) Mon, 16 Jun
- Rachel, can you confirm/deny? (khasim) Mon, 16 Jun
- Customer focus (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Thank you. (imric) Tue, 17 Jun
- Categories and vacations (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- Its quite simple actually (fahrv) Wed, 18 Jun
- Hard to Say.... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Categorical vacillations (CRConrad) Thu, 19 Jun
- I ignored the nonsensical entries (cjoffe) Thu, 19 Jun
- Last year's categories (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- Look..I'm doing the post it dance (khasim) Thu, 19 Jun
- Ms. Parker (imric) Thu, 19 Jun
- Telling the difference... (erikf) Sun, 15 Jun
- So better titles would be ... (khasim) Sun, 15 Jun
- So what you're saying (kdenehy) Sun, 15 Jun
- Nope (CRConrad) Sun, 15 Jun
- Another Inconsistency (Ron Findling) Mon, 16 Jun
- Not inconsistent (rparker) Mon, 16 Jun
- Not random sample (kdenehy) Mon, 16 Jun
- You Can't Have It Both Ways (Ron Findling) Tue, 17 Jun
- Print and Electric readers represented (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- Word Games (w nau) Wed, 18 Jun
- Give me a break (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- Sorry for breaking in . . . (CRConrad) Thu, 19 Jun
- No problem (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- You guys are getting out of control (kdenehy) Thu, 19 Jun
- Guy*S*, Plural ? ? ? (CRConrad) Today
- I was excluded.... (rbagwell) Wed, 18 Jun
- How to lie with statistics (kdenehy) Wed, 18 Jun
- No they weren't... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- IWE readers. (mjoczko) Today
- We know some, but not enough (rparker) Today
- What drivel... (RobertBolton) Today
- Sue InfoWorld for the results? Hmmm.... (up_yours) Wed, 18 Jun
- Microsoft is a dinosaur... (karpens) Tue, 17 Jun
- Audience and Legal Issues (w nau) Tue, 17 Jun
- Clarification -- IT professional (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- My apologies (w nau) Tue, 17 Jun
- Has anybody noticed? (kdenehy) Tue, 17 Jun
- Restricted? (imric) Tue, 17 Jun
- Smart Not To (w nau) Tue, 17 Jun
- Nick & Brett (rparker) Tue, 17 Jun
- Conspicuous by their silence (CRConrad) Wed, 18 Jun
- Some clarifications (n.petreley) Wed, 18 Jun
- Glad to hear it! (imric) Wed, 18 Jun
- Glad to hear it! (imric) Wed, 18 Jun
- Glad to hear it! (imric) Wed, 18 Jun
- WinfoWorld (cornel) Tue, 17 Jun
- I beg to differ. (cjoffe) Tue, 17 Jun
- Editor's Choice Awrads (os2wiz) Tue, 17 Jun
- The Dragon Lady'sEditor's Choice Awards (os2wiz) Tue, 17 Jun
- Knock it off. (gabriel) Tue, 17 Jun
- You're basically right, but . . . (CRConrad) Wed, 18 Jun
- I have to agree... (cjoffe) Wed, 18 Jun
- Now we're getting somewhere (jfrates) Wed, 18 Jun
- I feel violated by Sandy Reed (os2wiz) Thu, 19 Jun
- Trying to say??? (os2wiz) Thu, 19 Jun
- Sexist??? My ass (os2wiz) Thu, 19 Jun
- Reader's Choice? (patricap) Tue, 17 Jun
- Ha! Ha! Ha! (gmella) Tue, 17 Jun
- Speak for yourself (Alan Laing) Wed, 18 Jun
- You may exclude yourself (gmella) Wed, 18 Jun
- Sorry but it does make it untrue (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- Pick this nit! (CRConrad) Thu, 19 Jun
- NOt whining (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- I have to agree with Alan... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- A request... (TTChua) Tue, 17 Jun
- The poll wasn't in those categories (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- So (TTChua) Wed, 18 Jun
- OS/2 wins=Stuffing, NT wins=No stuffing (TTChua) Wed, 18 Jun
- Predictions and predilections (CRConrad) Wed, 18 Jun
- Good points (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- Damage Control (w nau) Wed, 18 Jun
- Business as usual (imric) Wed, 18 Jun
- One more reason (kdenehy) Wed, 18 Jun
- Maybe we didn't really want a poll (sboland) Wed, 18 Jun
- Uhhhhhh......maybe..... (acagle) Wed, 18 Jun
- Product of the Year Goals (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- 2 Points to Ponder (cjoffe) Wed, 18 Jun
- Agreed on both (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- They'd be excluded (w nau) Wed, 18 Jun
- Speaking of previous (honest) polls... (up_yours) Wed, 18 Jun
- Yup (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- Ah, but you are mistaken... (up_yours) Thu, 19 Jun
- This poll doesn't match subscriber base (edremy) Wed, 18 Jun
- You make some excellent points... (Alan Laing) Wed, 18 Jun
- How about this: (acagle) Wed, 18 Jun
- What a great idea (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- More realistic (jfrates) Wed, 18 Jun
- More granularity (rparker) Wed, 18 Jun
- I like it (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- My bill is in the mail. (acagle) Thu, 19 Jun
- Wonderful! (imric) Thu, 19 Jun
- FYI -- Foster's Award (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- That's great (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- Part of the whole enchilada (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- One or two caveats. (acagle) Thu, 19 Jun
- That what Standard Deviation is For. (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Yeah. . . (acagle) Thu, 19 Jun
- Moving target (w nau) Wed, 18 Jun
- I think you nailed it. (rcsteiner) Wed, 18 Jun
- Just occured to me.. (napalm) Wed, 18 Jun
- Should have scrapped it (forum) Wed, 18 Jun
- Archiving this "debate" (up_yours) Wed, 18 Jun
- That good for nothing (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- I trust them (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- I was just joking - you missed ;) (Alan Laing) Thu, 19 Jun
- Whoops (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- Another White Elephant (warp1) Wed, 18 Jun
- 2nd Poll Data *EXPOSED!!!* (up_yours) Wed, 18 Jun
- Please.... (jfrates) Wed, 18 Jun
- Please yourself! (CRConrad) Wed, 18 Jun
- There's a difference (jfrates) Thu, 19 Jun
- Knock it off. (gabriel) Thu, 19 Jun
- Whine! Whine! Whine! (up_yours) Thu, 19 Jun
- Cheese! Cheese! Cheese! (gabriel) Thu, 19 Jun
- What a chump... (up_yours) Thu, 19 Jun
- The deep, dark descent into one-liners. (gabriel) Today
- Credibility with these results??? (fahrv) Wed, 18 Jun
- More bad timing on my part (Sandy Reed) Wed, 18 Jun
- Uh-huh... (up_yours) Thu, 19 Jun
- There was NO VOTING so stop the Crap! (os2wiz) Thu, 19 Jun
- There was NO VOTING so stop the Crap! (os2wiz) Thu, 19 Jun
- Welcome back Sandy! (w nau) Wed, 18 Jun
- Sandy has questions too (w nau) Wed, 18 Jun
- Hey, anybody noticed? (Andrew Grygus) Wed, 18 Jun
- Oops - forgot . . . (Andrew Grygus) Wed, 18 Jun
- Didn't see that... (rbagwell) Thu, 19 Jun
- IWE editors etc (rcooper) Wed, 18 Jun
- A quote (bstanley) Thu, 19 Jun
- Bob Lewis, not Brian Livingston ... (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- Alternate Polling Method (martid) Thu, 19 Jun
- Maybe just maybe (bowenjm) Thu, 19 Jun
- Same old fatal flaw. (gabriel) Thu, 19 Jun
- Re: Same old fata flaw (bowenjm) Thu, 19 Jun
- Who do you think you're kidding? (gabriel) Thu, 19 Jun
- Oh well (bowenjm) Thu, 19 Jun
- Heh...heh...heh... (gabriel) Thu, 19 Jun
- Yeah right (bowenjm) Thu, 19 Jun
- An excellent education. (gabriel) Today
- Golly Gee Whillikers, Gabriel!! (up_yours) Thu, 19 Jun
- Ma, come quick! The cow's sick! (gabriel) Thu, 19 Jun
- Quality (EdSeitzinger) Thu, 19 Jun
- Oops (EdSeitzinger) Today
- Oops (EdSeitzinger) Today
- Oops (EdSeitzinger) Today
- Attempt to answer (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- OS/2 sales... (rwrannells) Thu, 19 Jun
- Visit the comp.os.os2.* Usenet groups... (rcsteiner) Thu, 19 Jun
- Just like the Amiga newsgroups (bowenjm) Thu, 19 Jun
- Bingo! (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- Not the point I was trying to get at (bowenjm) Thu, 19 Jun
- Corporate users... (josefk) Thu, 19 Jun
- The OS/2 software market is healthy (lmalates) Thu, 19 Jun
- McDonalds (w nau) Thu, 19 Jun
- Actually.... (jfrates) Thu, 19 Jun
- Self-selecting response (n.petreley) Thu, 19 Jun
- Reed, time to join Alsop (blancha) Thu, 19 Jun
- Pretty sure that's false (rparker) Thu, 19 Jun
- Then.... (jlrowe) Today
- Imagination express (rparker) Today
- Why the poll was a rip off to readers... (forum) Today
- What should have been done (whelk1) Today
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