[comp.lang.ada] SIMTEL-20 survey results

pollice@wanginst.EDU (Gary Pollice) (01/06/87)

A while back I asked for comments on the usefulness of the SIMTEL-20
public domain repository.  Thanks to all of you who responded.  I 
received 16 responses.  They are briefly summarized below.

- 2 people did not know about the repository.
- 2 people thought the repository was not only useful, but really
  great.
- 10 people thought that there were some useful pieces of software
  in the repository, but that the quality was not good enough to
  be used without some changes.
- 2 people thought the software was not useful at all.

Of those who used the repository, the biggest complaints were:
- poor documentation of the software,
- inability to find the right piece of code quickly and
- inconsistent quality.

Sorry it took so long to get this posted, but I was hoping for more
responses.
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