1. Do you personally use Solaris 2 on the desktop computer you use most often at your place of business or school?
   Yes No

2. Do you personally use Solaris 2 on the desktop computer you use most often at home?
   Yes No

3. Do you personally use Solaris 2 on a server important to your work?
   Yes No

   If you answered YES to any of the above, continue to the next question. If you answered NO to all of the above please skip to question 10

4. On what hardware do you run Solaris 2 most often at your place of business or school?
   SPARC V7 class (SPARCstation 1, 1+, 2, IPX, SLC, IPC or equivalent)
   SPARC V8 class (SPARCstation Classic, LX, 4, 5, 10, 20, 600, 1000, 2000 or equivalent)
   SPARC V9 class (UltraSPARC-based machine)
   Intel i486 class Intel Pentium Intel Pentium Pro
   I don't use Solaris often at my place of business or school

5. On what hardware do you run Solaris 2 most often at home?
   SPARC V7 class (SPARCstation 1, 1+, 2, IPX, SLC, IPC or equivalent)
   SPARC V8 class (SPARCstation Classic, LX, 4, 5, 10, 20 or equivalent)
   SPARC V9 class (UltraSPARC-based machine)
   Intel i486 class Intel Pentium Intel Pentium Pro
   I don't use Solaris often at home

6. What version of Solaris 2 do you use most often at your place of business or school?
   Solaris 2.3 or earlier Solaris 2.4
   Solaris 2.5 I don't use Solaris often at my place of business or school

7. What version of Solaris 2 do you use most often at home?
   Solaris 2.3 or earlier Solaris 2.4
   Solaris 2.5 I don't use Solaris often at home

8. The software support I get for Solaris 2 is
   Good Fair Poor I don't know

9. Offer your opinions on the following statements
   
   • The version of Solaris 2 I use most often contains more bugs than other similar operating systems I've used.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • The version of Solaris 2 I use most often is slower than other similar operating systems I've used.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • The version of Solaris 2 I use most often consumes more RAM than other similar operating systems I've used.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • The version of Solaris 2 I use most often is less scalable than other similar operating systems I've used.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • Solaris 2 contains the basic utilities and applications an operating system of this type should.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • Applications I need for Solaris 2 for SPARC are plentiful.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • Applications I need for Solaris 2 for Intel are plentiful.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • I find Solaris 2 easy to install on SPARC computers.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • I find Solaris 2 easy to install on Intel computers.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • I find Solaris 2 easy to maintain.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • I find Solaris 2 reliable.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • I find Solaris 2 secure.
     Agree Disagree Don't know
   • I think Sun should develop and sell a version of Windows NT for SPARC.
     Agree Disagree Don't know

10. Which user environment do you employ most often when using Unix?
    CDE Command-line (no windowing system)
    Motif Openwindows TWM

11. How often do you use Wabi, the translator that allows users to run Windows applications?
    

    Never Rarely (once a month or so)
    Often (once a week or so) Frequently (once a day or more)

12. Which operating system are you using...
    • ...on most of your servers?
      Solaris 1/SunOS 4.1.x Solaris 2 HP-UX
      AIX IRIX Digital Unix
      Windows NT Novell NetWare Other

    • ...on most of your desktops?
      Solaris 1/SunOS 4.1.x Solaris 2 HP-UX
      AIX IRIX Digital Unix MS Windows & Win 95
      DOS (with no Windows) Windows NT OS/2
      Macintosh Other

13. How many people are employed by your department?
    1 - 9 10 - 29 30 - 99 100 - 499 Not applicable

14. How many people are employed by your entire organization?
    1 - 9 10 - 29 30 - 99 100 - 499 500 - 1999
    2000 - 9999 more than 10,000 Not applicable I don't know

15. Which best describes your primary job duties?
    Systems administrator
    Programmer or developer
    Network administrator
    Database administrator
    Systems analyst
    Webmaster
    Consultant
    Systems integrator
    Other technical professional
    Other manager
    Student
    Other

16. What issues do you face with Solaris today?

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