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BRIEF DATABASE INTERFACE QUESTIONNAIRE for users of Informix application interfaces such as ODBC, and developers who program at the API level. You must also have input into your company's purchase decisions for database interface products. I'm a UC Berkeley, MBA candidate doing a research project on database interface products. For those of you who fit the description above, I would greatly appreciate a few minutes of your time to fill out and return via e- mail, the following survey. In a small token gesture of my appreciation, all of you who respond before Saturday, April 12, 1996, will be put into a raffle for a UC Berkeley/Haas T-Shirt (I know it's not much, but I'm a student with a student budget and I'm not getting paid for this.) Thank you very much for contributing hope to my plans for graduation! Please send surveys to me at: lane@haas.berkeley.edu 1. Name (Optional): 2. Phone (Optional): 3. Title/Position in Company: 4. Occupation: 5. Company Industry: [ ] Financial Services/Banking [ ] Manufacturing [ ] Transportation [ ] Telecommunications [ ] Consulting [ ] Software [ ] Energy [ ] Government [ ] Education 6. Are you primarily [ ] an end user (i.e., mostly deal with front end applications using interface)? [ ] a front end application developer? __ 7. Which of the following Informix interfaces do you use for database access? [ ] ODBC [ ] Other 8. How many users/seats for each database interface product? ODBC [ ] 1-5 [ ] 6-50 [ ] 50-500 [ ] 500+ Other [ ] 1-5 [ ] 6-50 [ ] 50-500 [ ] 500+ 10. In general, when making the decision to purchase/use database interface products which of the following features/issues is most important (please rank order the following 1 through 9, where 1 = most important feature). [ ] Quality (Reliability) [ ] Performance (speed) [ ] Heterogeneous Data Access (the extent to which applications are easily portable across DBMS from multiple vendors) [ ] Compatibility with Front End Products [ ] Product orientation [ ] Price [ ] Effect on Improving Developer Productivity [ ] Manufacturer's Reputation [ ]Customer Support 11. Customer Satisfaction: Rate each of the following products (of those that you use) on a scale of 1 through 5, (5 = extremely satisfied and 1 = not at all satisfied). ODBC [ ] Quality (Reliability) [ ] Performance (speed) [ ] Heterogeneous Data Access (the extent to which applications are easily portable across DBMS from multiple vendors) [ ] Compatibility with Front End Products [ ] Product orientation [ ] Price [ ] Effect on Improving Developer Productivity [ ] Manufacturer's Reputation [ ]Customer Support Other [ ] Quality (Reliability) [ ] Performance (speed) [ ] Heterogeneous Data Access (the extent to which applications are easily portable across DBMS from multiple vendors) [ ] Compatibility with Front End Products [ ] Product orientation [ ] Price [ ] Effect on Improving Developer Productivity [ ] Manufacturer's Reputation [ ]Customer Support 12. Did you purchase your database interface software in a bundle with other software? Yes[ ] No[ ] If Yes: Did you purchase it with a database server? Yes[ ] No[ ] Did you purchase it with another front end product from a DBMS vendor? Yes[ ] No[ ] Did you purchase it with a product from a 3rd party? (e.g., SAP, Peoplesoft, Powersoft, etc.) Yes[ ] No[ ] 13. Price paid for interface software (if purchased as a bundle please specify the bundle price): $ 14. Would you prefer to purchase future DBMS interface software (please check only one): [ ] by itself? [ ] with a database server? [ ] with a front end product(s) from a DBMS vendor? [ ] from a 3rd party? (e.g., SAP, Peoplesoft, Powersoft, etc) 15. Why did you answer as you did in question #14? 16. Which of the following applications/interfaces do you expect to be the most significant to you over the next 12 - 24 months [please prioritize with 1 = most significant] [ ] ODBC [ ] OLE/DB [ ] Java/JDBC [ ] Other (please specify)