[ALUG] Questionnaire software - any suggestions?

[mick]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:23:41 +0000 (GMT)
MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> allegedly wrote:

> mick <mbm at rlogin.net> wrote:
> > Chris G <cl at isbd.net> allegedly wrote:
> > > I want to build an on-line questionnaire, a very basic one, are
> > > there any ready made applications in the Linux/Open Source world
> > > for doing this?  
> > Do you need to build your own? Surveymonkey lets you create your own
> > on-line survey quite quickly.
> 
> Yikes!  Surveymonkey is hosted in the US (so outside our privacy
> laws), isn't accessible to some assisted-access and secured browsers
> and has nothing to do with free and open source software so why even
> mention that piece of adware on this list?

Ummm. Look at Chris's original question. "I want to build an on-line
questionnaire. a very basic one"

Now look at my reply. "Do you need to build your own?"

Seems a reasonable enough response to me. Chris wanted something quick
and dirty. Whilst he may have specifically asked for OSS application
recommendations, he didn't mention privacy, security, accessibility or
anything else. Anyone conducting any kind of on-line survey must
assume that it is not secure. It can be made secureish (for some
definition of secure) but it will never be perfect. So, as I said, my
pointing to a possible alternative approach to building from scratch
seems reasonable to me. 

I didn't even recommend surveymonkey - I merely pointed out that it
would let you create an on-line survey quickly (which seemed to me
to meet Chris's request). The fact that it may not "have anything
to do with free and open source software" should not preclude
anyone from responding as I did. After all, I (and many others) have
frequently answered questions posed here which have only
tangential references to linux or OSS (see discussions of
networking and ADSL for example).

Sometimes thare are tools, techniques, capabilities or services
which are NOT OSS based but which still might meet a short term
specific need. Off topic? Almost certainly. Unacceptable? I
leave that to others to decide.

Cheers

Mick       


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