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The survey has its roots in a conversation that took place in the corel.graphic_apps.draw10 newsgroup.
On 4th July 02, Tony Severenuk of Corel wrote:
"FWIW, most of the users of the Graphics Suite use it as a primary source of income generation though Graphic Design."
A skeptical KNPepper responded:
"Is this derived from a formal survey? Actually I'd welcome a survey of the members right here, along the lines of ... [draft questionnaire]."
In less than 12 hours, people started answering KNP's post with data. This posed a logistical quandary. Foster Coburn of Graphics Unleashed, who had been quietly observing from a distance, made a generous offer of the use of his site. KNP agreed, then hurriedly polished the questions, wrote the help text and forwarded the lot to Foster. Within the hour, Foster had the survey up and running, including the engine in the background that would automatically forward all incoming data to KNP.
The survey was a private initiative, completely independent of Corel Corporation. It was not driven by any commercial interests. Its intention was purely to inform the users.
The designer and statistician of the project is indebted to:
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