Re: alternatives for funding (was: I want to give you money but it can't be called a donation)

[Felipe G. Nievinski]

I think market research is a pre-requisite for everything else.

How about if we conduct an online survey to understand better potential customers?

Here's a TO-DO list:

- study the methodology

- find guidelines for online surveys

- prepare questions

- initial draft

- RFC among octave developers

- prepare online form

- surveymonkey.com?

- beta-test it

- offer prize raffle?

- get responses

- publicize online

- ask developers to follow-up one-on-one with key potential respondants within their reach about the importance of their input

- monitor and act to guarantee large enough sample

- analyze responses

- extract statistics

- summarize findings

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:

Okay, which part of your plan do you want to work on? Would you like
to work on improving the commercial Octave web page or figuring out
how much to charge for Octave? Do you want to conduct market research
to see where the money is and how we can get it? Do you want to ask
the Scilab guys how much money they're making and how?

I'm talking with the FSF guys now on the support contract that will
convince your boss to give us money.

- Jordi G. H.