Developer Survey

Sun Microsystems is considering the introduction of comprehensive membership offerings that provide developers everything they need to get their jobs done productively. These offerings of the Sun Developer Network could include development tools, deployment test platforms, support services, and premium content/program services.

Please answer a short survey to help us understand your development needs so that we can serve your needs better.

Please select your level of interest in any of the membership levels for a developer subscription that could be offered by Sun Microsystems. Memberships may include perpetual licenses for development tools and annual renewable access to support and content/program services. Each level includes all the benefits of the lower level plus more. All price ranges are in US dollars per developer per year.

Q1.

LEVEL 1. Free membership featuring:
- 30-day trial access to all membership offerings
- Technical content
- Access to community based forums, wikis, and blogs

Highly interested to join
Some interest
No interest
Not applicable

Q2.

LEVEL 2. Standard membership featuring:
- Java Studio Creator + NetBeans
- Knowledgebase access for installation support
- Content that helps with use of the tools
- Monitored support forums

Highly interested to join
Some interest
No interest
Not applicable

If you selected the first or second choice for the question above, please indicate the fair price range at which you will subscribe at the Standard membership level.

Under $50 per year
$51-75 per year
$76-100 per year
$101-150 per year
More than $150 per year

Q3.

LEVEL 3. Professional membership featuring:
- Java Studio Creator + NetBeans
- Deployment test platforms: Java Enterprise System, Java Desktop System, Solaris SPARC/x86
- 'How to' content for solving development problems
- Online technical support: Web-based and by email
- Managed support forums with response guarantee

Highly interested to join
Some interest
No interest
Not applicable

If you selected the first or second choice for the question above, please indicate the fair price range at which you will subscribe at the Professional membership level.

Under $500 per year
$501 - 600 per year
$601 - 700 per year
$701 - 800 per year
More than $800 per year

Q4.

LEVEL 4. Enterprise membership featuring:
- Java Studio Enterprise
- Java Studio Creator
- Deployment/test platforms, support and content/program services same as Professional level

Highly interested to join
Some interest
No interest
Not applicable

If you selected the first or second choice for the question above, please indicate the fair price range at which you will subscribe at the Enterprise membership level.

Under $1250 per year
$1251 - 1500 per year
$1501- 1750 per year
$1751 - 2000 per year
More than $2000 per year

Q5.

LEVEL 5: Universal membership featuring:
- Sun Studio C, C++, Fortran compilers and tools in addition to all the benefits of the Enterprise membership level.

Highly interested to join
Some interest
No interest
Not applicable

If you selected the first or second choice for the question above, please indicate the fair price range at which you will subscribe at the Universal membership level.

Under $2000 per year
$2001 - 2250 per year
$2251- 2500 per year
$2501 - 3000 per year
More than $3000 per year

Now please answer two more questions to allow us to understand you better.

Q6.

Which BEST describes what you do?
(Check one only)

Professional development - I develop applications that are deployed for individual or small team use
Enterprise development - I develop applications that are deployed for corporate-wide or business-to-business use
Learning - I am getting started in software development

Q7.

Which languages do you primarily use today i.e. to do most of your programming?
(Check no more than two)

Java
C/C++
C#
Visual Basic/VB.Net
Delphi
Other