nick@hpisla.uucp (Nick Fowler) (03/13/85)
I've been interested in what lab automation tools are being used
by professionals in different occupations around the net and
whether these tools are deemed adequate by their users. Please
take a few moments and answer these questions about your tool
set. I'll compile and post the results to the net.
Just fill in your answers beneath the questions.
1. Enter your engineering specialty (i.e. computer science,
electrical engineering, etc.)
1.1 If involved in hardware design, is your design work
primarily analog or digital?
2. Specify your functional area (i.e. R&D, marketing, etc.)
3. Primary computer used FOR DESIGN WORK (not just reading news)
Name manufacturer and model.
3.1 Is this computer shared or do you have sole use?
3.2 Specify operating system(s) used.
3.3 If this computer is multi-user, how many people
regularly use this resource?
4. List the five software tools most often used and rate from
1 to 10 its usefulness (1 = worthless, 10 = excellent).
Example:
1. Informix Database Mgr (rate = 6)
etc.
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5. The three things that most need improvement in my tool set are:
Example:
1. Compiler speed
2. Document preparation tools
etc.
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6. How did you get your complement of tools? (Inherited from
previous user, specified purchase, MIS specified, etc.)
Nick Fowler
Instrument Systems Laboratory
Hewlett-Packard
303-667-5000 x3592
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