Re: 1999 Swarm survey results: available online. - Juli Condon

[Philip Rhoades]

Alex,

Haven't talked to you for a while (I was going to send you a note when yours
turned up), hope everything is going well.

Due to lack of time (as usual) I haven't done much with Swarm recently but
am getting motivated (for various reasons) to learn Java, so I was
interested in this note - any ball-park eta on the Java i/f?

I am sending a copy of this note to Juli Condon - she has an ideal project
for Swarm (she is a non-programmer) and I thought we could learn Java/Swarm
at the same time so I could help out as much as possible.

Regards,

Phil.

Philip Rhoades

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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Lancaster <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden <address@hidden>
Date: Wednesday, 12 May 1999 2:59
Subject: 1999 Swarm survey results: available online.


>Collective Hivers,
>
>The results from the 1999 Swarm survey are now available on line!
>(the survey is now officially closed)
>
>Navigate your favourite browser to:
>
>  http://swarm.santafe.edu/survey99/survey-results1.mhtml
>
>Thanks to everyone who participated, 120 at the final count!
>
>Some highlights of the survey:
>
>* respondents came from 24 different countries
>
>* 70 of which indicate they have used Swarm
>
>* 60 indicated they use Swarm primarily in a research context,
>  2 indicated their work is of an industrial/commercial nature
>
>* only a third of users now found the installation of Swarm difficult
>  (compared with more than half in previous years)
>
>* for at least two enhancements which were rated highly, we have made
>  considerable inroads (either having actually been implemented, or
>  currently in the works):
>
> - database interface for data access (the binary database format:
>   HDF5 and enhancement of R, a freely available statistical package)
>
> - Java interface (nearing completion)
>
>We clearly have more work ahead of us, but with your continued support
>we hope to achieve them.  We hope that the results will stimulate a
>general conversation on the mailing list(s).
>
>Congratulations also to our 10 winners (picked at random from all
>survey entrants):
>
>  Peter Zvirinsky
>  Andrew Sherlock
>  Ginger Booth
>  Eric Werk
>  Krishnan Viswanathan
>  John Dellenger
>  Miles Parker
>  Brian Haugh
>  Donald Snyder
>  Nicholas Tay
>
>Depending on our stocks, each winner will receive either a SwarmFest99
>T-shirt or CD-ROM.  We'll be contacting each of you privately to
>arrange delivery options.
>
>The information you have helped us collect will be invaluable in
>helping plan future Swarm enhancements and setting overall directions
>for the project.
>
>Thanks again!
>
> --- Alex
>
>--
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>  Swarm Program            |     web: http://www.santafe.edu/~alex
>  Santa Fe Institute       |     tel: +1-(505) 984-8800 (ext 242)
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