__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 14 December 2006 20:45 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft, HP expand business alliance
>>
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>>| A new deal announced Wednesday calls for, among other things, more HP
>>| workers to be trained to sell Microsoft products.
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>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6143540.html
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>> I was hoping that H-P would be platform-agnostic and vendor-neutral.
>> Clearly enough, it has joined ranks with Dell.
>
> HP are in all kinds of trouble - I think they'll back anything which
> might bring in some cash. Funny thing is that this is clearly Window's
> last round, so perhaps a little late for training...
Yes, they definitely missed the train (pun).
Developers Embrace Java, Drop Visual Basic
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| Use of Visual Basic has dropped 35% since the spring, says a
| poll of more than 430 North American developers done by research
| company Evans Data.
|
| [...]
|
| Developers have abandoned Microsoft's Visual Basic in droves
| during the last six months, and they're using Java more than any
| other development language, according to a recently published
| survey.
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http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196600515
Study: Developers Favor Linux
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| "Regardless of what kind of developer you are, you're still trying to
| make a living, and target the operating system that?s controlling the
| market."
|
| However, in the most recent survey, the developers' forecast of their
| target platform has changed. For the first time, these developers said
| that in the next 12 to 18 months they expect to be developing more Linux
| apps than Windows apps.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3645766
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