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Survey Results

The current results of our How did you first hear about PostgreSQL? survey are:

Answer	Responses	Percentage
At my university.	31	16.230366492146597%
It came with my Linux/BSD distribution	26	13.612565445026178%
It came with an application I use at work.	12	6.282722513089006%
It came with an application I use at home.	1	0.5235602094240838%
I found it through a search engine.	35	18.32460732984293%
At a conference, user group, or workshop.	6	3.141361256544503%
From a friend or collegue.	48	25.130890052356023%
Other	32	16.75392670157068%
Total	191

This survey was posted Aug. 6, 2009.

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