cornercorner
FeaturesPluginsDocs & SupportCommunityPartners

Satisfaction with NetCAT 5.0 program

1. How did you like NetCAT program in general ?
Perfect idea 35 53 %
Good 31 47 %
Don't know 0 0 %
Useless activity 0 0 %
Very bad 0 0 %

2. Do you think that voting for bugs was useful ?
Yes 56 85 %
No 10 15 %

3. How are you satisfied with fixing NetCAT bugs during stabilization phase ?
Very satisfied 11 17 %
Satisfied 48 73 %
Don't know 4 6 %
Discontented 3 4 %
Very discontented 0 0 %

4. How would you classify the traffic on the [50cat] mailing list ?
Heavy 32 48 %
Medium 32 48 %
Low 2 4 %

5. How do you value work of NetCAT coordinator, Jiri Kovalsky ?
Very satisfied 57 86 %
Satisfied 8 12 %
Don't know 1 2 %
Discontented 0 0 %
Very discontented 0 0 %

6. Would you be willing to participate in NetCAT program again ?
Yes 64 97 %
No 2 3 %

7. How do you value cooperation with NetBeans Developers and QE ?
Responsive anf helpful 52 79 %
Mostly responsive but not really helpful 13 19 %
Non responsive 0 0 %
Completely ignoring my work 1 2 %

8. Did you like collecting NetCAT points contest ?
Yes 42 64 %
No 24 36 %

9. What communication channel does suit your needs better ?
Mailing list 51 77 %
Web forum 27 41 %
On-line chat 13 20 %
Others 3 5 %

10. Do you have any suggestions for NetCAT program to be more successful ?
Extracted summary of answers:

  • Create "list of substitutes" and replace non active participants after 2 weeks of inactivity
  • Introduce kind of "Pre-NetCAT" program focusing on new features design and usability verification
  • Give up collecting NetCAT points or at least don't count messages to decrease artificial traffic
  • Improve web, searching for duplicates, fasten IssueZilla
  • Devide NetCAT team into subgroups with own mailing lists responsible for particular areas
Companion
Projects:
MySQL Database Server   GlassFish Community: an Open Source Application Server   Open Solaris  Open JDK: an Open SourceJDK   Mobile & Embedded Community     Sponsored by 
Sponsored by Sun Microsystems