Project Darkstar Adoption Survey

[KarlHaberl]

Greetings!

We are updating Sun's plans regarding future roadmap and investments in Project Darkstar, and would like to ask you, the members of the Darkstar community, to help us do that. We recognize and appreciate that many of you have invested considerable time and energy into Darkstar and all have a stake and interest in its future.

It is in the nature of open source projects that there can be all kinds of things going on that we don't even know about. We understand and respect that adoption metrics are imprecise and that stealthy habits are common for commercial game projects. Acknowledging those conditions, we've created a short *anonymous* survey that attempts to give us a better understanding of who is using Darkstar and for what.

The survey contains just five multiple choice questions and a couple of open-ended questions for you to tell us whatever you like. All responses will be kept confidential within the Sun team and the survey is anonymous.

We would greatly appreciate you taking a few minutes to fill out the survey. And spread the word. Ask any friends or colleagues who are using Darkstar to fill it out too.

Here is the URL:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6DJisqUXMF7fqpORpXRzyA_3d_3d

Thank you !

Karl Haberl
Director, Project Darkstar
Sun Microsystems Laboratories

[Beni]

Im glad to help!

[KarlHaberl]

I wanted to thank those of you who have filled out the survey so far. In addition to answering the multiple choice questions, many respondents have offered some very thoughtful comments and suggestions. We greatly appreciate your help and are once again reminded of how great this community is!

If you haven't yet filled out the survey, please do so if you can. We will leave it open for a while to get as many responses as possible.

Here is the link again:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6DJisqUXMF7fqpORpXRzyA_3d_3d

Thanks again!

Karl

[Tim B]

Will you be publishing any feedback from the survey? (Even if its just some percentages).

[KarlHaberl]

I'd be happy to publish the summary percentages for the survey questions. I'm sure the community will find them interesting.

[Tim B]

Thanks.

[KarlHaberl]

As promised, I have posted a summary of the Project Darkstar Adoption Survey results to our wiki:

http://www.projectdarkstar.com/components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Project_Darkstar_Adoption_Survey

On the wiki page you will find a pdf file with the summary and a few brief comments. Check it out!

Thanks again to those who have already responded. If you have not yet taken the survey it's not too late - the survey is still active.

[Tim B]

Interesting stuff, and a noticable increase in interest and uptake over the last year as well.

[Jeff]

Yeah there seems to be a pretty decent first derivative on the adoption curve. 

I suspect that when a few more of the currently being developed projects go public we will see that increase more.  In the world of games, nothing succeeds like success

[johnc]

Just a quick note to let you know that a final report for the adoption survey has been published.  Check it out:

http://www.projectdarkstar.com/wiki/Project_Darkstar_Adoption_Survey