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2 Supplementary survey results
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7 The primary analyses have been published in:
9 Hanke, M. & Halchenko, Y. O. (2011). `Neuroscience runs on GNU/Linux
10 </_files/HankeHalchenko_FrontiersInNeuroinformatics2011.pdf>`_.
11 *Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 5:8*.
13 .. include:: figures/stats.txt
18 The figures in this section provide some information on the background of the
19 participants in this survey: What data do they work with? Where are they coming
20 from? What is their position? Whom are they employed by?
22 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_bg_datamod.png
23 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_bg_country.png
24 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_bg_employer.png
25 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_bg_position.png
28 Scientific computing environment preferences
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31 This figures in this section expand the analysis on operating system environment
32 preference, and illustrate the results of the rating analysis reported in the
35 .. figure:: figures/time_by_env.png
36 .. figure:: figures/ospref_by_env.png
43 The figures in this section show rating statistics grouped by the
44 respective operating system and use the same system color code
45 as in the figure above. The segments in each bar indicate the
46 frequency of individual rating options (from *definitely disagree* to
47 *definitely agree*) in up to four levels of color saturation.
53 I prefer this particular scientific software environment because ...
59 <td>... the developers of an important research software recommend it </td>
60 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r1.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r1.png" /></td> </tr>
62 <td> ... of the variety of available research software for this environment </td>
63 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r2.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r2.png" /></td> </tr>
65 <td> ... of the availability of commercial support </td>
66 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r3.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r3.png" /></td> </tr>
68 <td> ... many of my colleagues use something similar </td>
69 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r4.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r4.png" /></td> </tr>
71 <td> ... it is popular and I can get solutions for problems from web forums and mailing lists </td>
72 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r5.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r5.png" /></td> </tr>
74 <td> ... I rely on a particular application that runs in this environment only </td>
75 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r6.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r6.png" /></td> </tr>
77 <td> ... it has adequate support for all required hardware </td>
78 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r7.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r7.png" /></td> </tr>
80 <td> ... I have the necessary technical skills to maintain this environment myself </td>
81 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_pers_os_pers_r8.png" src="/_images/ratings_pers_os_pers_r8.png" /></td> </tr>
88 I agree with the statements
94 <td> This environment provides me with the best available tools for my research </td>
95 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_man_os_man_r1.png" src="/_images/ratings_man_os_man_r1.png" /></td> </tr>
97 <td> The support staff solves all my technical problems and addresses my demands in a timely fashion </td>
98 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_man_os_man_r2.png" src="/_images/ratings_man_os_man_r2.png" /></td> </tr>
100 <td> There are always enough licenses for essential commercial software tools </td>
101 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_man_os_man_r3.png" src="/_images/ratings_man_os_man_r3.png" /></td> </tr>
103 <td> I need to deploy additional software to be able to perform my research in this environment </td>
104 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_man_os_man_r4.png" src="/_images/ratings_man_os_man_r4.png" /></td> </tr>
108 Virtual environment (by host OS)
109 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
111 I agree with the statements
117 <td> I can run software that is otherwise incompatible with my system </td>
118 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_virt_host_os_virt_r1.png" src="/_images/ratings_virt_host_os_virt_r1.png" /></td> </tr>
120 <td> I have the ability to easily create a snapshot of my whole analysis environment </td>
121 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_virt_host_os_virt_r2.png" src="/_images/ratings_virt_host_os_virt_r2.png" /></td> </tr>
123 <td> I can take my complete analysis environment with me and run it on different machines </td>
124 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_virt_host_os_virt_r3.png" src="/_images/ratings_virt_host_os_virt_r3.png" /></td> </tr>
128 Virtual environment (by guest OS)
129 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
131 I agree with the statements
137 <td> I can run software that is otherwise incompatible with my system </td>
138 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_virt_guest_os_virt_r1.png" src="/_images/ratings_virt_guest_os_virt_r1.png" /></td> </tr>
140 <td> I have the ability to easily create a snapshot of my whole analysis environment </td>
141 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_virt_guest_os_virt_r2.png" src="/_images/ratings_virt_guest_os_virt_r2.png" /></td> </tr>
143 <td> I can take my complete analysis environment with me and run it on different machines </td>
144 <td><img border="0" alt="ratings_virt_guest_os_virt_r3.png" src="/_images/ratings_virt_guest_os_virt_r3.png" /></td> </tr>
151 This section reports the results on where the survey participants obtain their
152 research software from/
154 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_software_resource.png
159 The section on software popularity shows what software participants indicated to
160 be using in their research activities -- group by field of application.
162 .. note:: :sup:`†` Entries which were either entered in "Other"
163 field or were added to the survey form while survey was already running.
165 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_general.png
166 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_virt_prod.png
167 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_dc.png
168 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_img.png
169 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_datamanage.png
170 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_neusys.png
171 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_electro.png
172 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_bci.png
173 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_acq.png
174 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_rt.png
175 .. figure:: figures/submissions_per_sw_psychphys.png
178 .. note:: :sup:`†` Entries which were either entered in "Other"
179 field or were added to the survey form while survey was already running.