Community Interests
 

Community interests and what the community thinks of the current JDK Community pages and projects today.



What are your interests in the JDK Community on java.net?

 Frequency
Curiosity 68
63%
Looking for info 95
88%
Mustang snapshots 69
64%
Contribution of JDK bug fixes and e 23
21%
Research projects 13
12%
Other 6
6%
n=108


Does the JDK Community currently meet your needs and expectations?



Community page news and articles
 Frequency
Almost Always 16
15%
Usually 57
53%
Occasionally 22
20%
Rarely 10
9%
Don't Know 3
3%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Mustang project snapshots and docs
 Frequency
Almost Always 38
35%
Usually 42
39%
Occasionally 9
8%
Rarely 7
6%
Don't Know 8
7%
Not Answered 4
4%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Other JDK Community projects (i.e., besides Mustang)
 Frequency
Almost Always 5
5%
Usually 31
29%
Occasionally 39
36%
Rarely 13
12%
Don't Know 15
14%
Not Answered 5
5%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Forums and Mailing Lists
 Frequency
Almost Always 6
6%
Usually 36
33%
Occasionally 30
28%
Rarely 19
18%
Don't Know 15
14%
Not Answered 2
2%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Overall
 Frequency
Almost Always 9
8%
Usually 63
58%
Occasionally 24
22%
Rarely 8
7%
Don't Know 1
1%
Not Answered 3
3%
Total 108
100%
n=108


What parts of the site interests you the most?



Community Page featured articles and news
 Frequency
Very Important 37
34%
Important 44
41%
Nice to Have 24
22%
Not important 1
1%
Don't Know 1
1%
Not Answered 1
1%
Total 108
100%
n=108


JDK related announcements, events and activities
 Frequency
Very Important 38
35%
Important 47
44%
Nice to Have 17
16%
Not important 4
4%
Don't Know 1
1%
Not Answered 1
1%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Mustang source snapshots
 Frequency
Very Important 24
22%
Important 24
22%
Nice to Have 37
34%
Not important 17
16%
Don't Know 5
5%
Not Answered 1
1%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Mustang binary snapshots
 Frequency
Very Important 42
39%
Important 43
40%
Nice to Have 12
11%
Not important 6
6%
Don't Know 3
3%
Not Answered 2
2%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Code contributions
 Frequency
Very Important 22
20%
Important 33
31%
Nice to Have 34
31%
Not important 10
9%
Don't Know 6
6%
Not Answered 3
3%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Research projects
 Frequency
Very Important 22
20%
Important 23
21%
Nice to Have 49
45%
Not important 5
5%
Don't Know 6
6%
Not Answered 3
3%
Total 108
100%
n=108


Discussion forums
 Frequency
Very Important 30
28%
Important 47
44%
Nice to Have 23
21%
Not important 3
3%
Don't Know 2
2%
Not Answered 3
3%
Total 108
100%
n=108


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What other on-line Java developer communities are you currently involved?

Involvement in Other Communities
 Frequency
JavaDesktop (java.net) 39
36%
Java Enterprise & GlassFish (java.n 16
15%
Java Web Services & XML (java.net) 10
9%
NetBeans (java.net) 32
30%
Other java.net 21
19%
OpenSolaris 4
4%
SourceForge 38
35%
Eclipse 26
24%
Mozilla 15
14%
Apache 31
29%
FOSS 7
6%
Javalobby 36
33%
Other (Please specify) 13
12%
Not Answered 27
25%
n=108
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