February 1994: Publications Survey
February 1994: Publications Survey
Daily Distribution
Direct 30-40,000
Indirect 90-100,000
Distribution Channels
Mailing Lists 40%
FTP & Gopher 40%
Usenet/Netnews 23%
Bulletin Boards 19%
On-Line Commercial Services 13%
Demographics
Male 80%
College Degree 75%
Post-Graduate Degree 50%
Further Information
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/doc/surveys/report.html
Avant Le Deluge
- Publications Users
- More Politically Active
- Seek Better Information (65%)
- Highly Satisfied (65%)
- Service Important (80%)
- Pre-Web Distribution Process
- 10x or more fan out
- Traditional Protocols
Survey Technology
- Email Servers
- Form Processing
- Automatic Retries
- Object Database
- 2nd Generation
- Hierarchical-Adaptive
- Branching Rules