Software Developement Survey Form It is a standard practice within our organization to survey our different publics to find out what is needed and wanted. In this way, we know from you, the end user, what software products to create that will have true value. Your answers are very valuable to us. Please take the time to complete this survey and return it to us at your earliest convenience. In exchange for this information we will send you a registered copy of our popular Windows utility, EtCetera, on disk. ($69.00 value) First a little bit about you and your computer. 1a. Please describe your computer and its performance: _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What will be your next major computer hardware purchase? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. What will be your next major software purchase? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. Please list the 6 software products you use that you find to be most valuable: (please rate them from 1 to 6 according to thier value to you.) Product Value Product Value Rating Rating a._______________________ ______ b.__________________ ______ c._______________________ ______ d.__________________ ______ e._______________________ ______ f.__________________ ______ 5. Please list the 6 software products you use most often: (please rate them from 1 to 6 according to the amount of usage they receive.) Product Usage Product Usage Rating Rating a._______________________ ______ b.__________________ ______ c._______________________ ______ d.__________________ ______ e._______________________ ______ f.__________________ ______ 6a. Please list the software products you find least useful: a. _____________________________________ b._________________________________ c. _____________________________________ d._________________________________ e. _____________________________________ f._________________________________ 6b. Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. How does the use of a computer benefit you? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. What do you find to be the most time consuming process in your daily computer activities? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. What do find most enjoyable about using your computer? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. What do you find least enjoyable about using your computer? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 11. How long have you been operating in the DOS environment? _______________ 12. How long have you been operating in the Windows environment? ___________ 13. What other operating environments are you familiar with? ______________ 14. Of all the operating environments you are familiar with, what are your personal preferences? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 15. If you had a program that would allow you to write batch language programs within the Windows operating environment, how would this effect your overall productivity? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 16. Please list 5 things, you feel, will benefit the computer industry most over the next 5 years: 1. ________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________ 5. ________________________________________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Company Name ______________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________ Suite/Apt _____________ City _____________________________________________ State ____ Zip __________ Thank you for your time in completing this survey. How you responded to the above questions will effect the direction we take in developing new software for you, the user. Any additional comments you care to make will be appreciated. The tabulated results of this survey will be made available to anyone sending us a self addressed, self stamped envelope. Please return this survey to: Alpha Computers & Graphics Software Developement Department 6138 Zelzah Ave. Reseda, CA 91335 or Via CompuServe: Doug Phasey CIS: 73340, 3452 A registered copy of EtCetera, version 2.0 will be shipped to you within 2 to 3 weeks following the receipt of your completed survey.