__/ [ gordon ] on Friday 09 March 2007 14:09 \__
> "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:StdIh.10745$Dw2.5834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Firefox can't find the server at www.blueeyedos.com."
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>> Another one bites the dust...
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> So give us a link that says this site is an OFFICIAL OSS site? never heard
> of it personally....
Me neither. Just some obscure project. On the other hand, the
Microsoft-oriented programmer DFS would be happy to hear this news from last
week:
Microsoft will be phasing out the GotDotNet site by July 2007
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| Microsoft will phase out all GotDotNet functionality by July 2007.
| We will phase out features according to the schedule below.
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http://www.gotdotnet.com/default.aspx
>From recent months:
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
TIOBE Programming Community Index for November 2006
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| Java 20.400%
| C 17.198%
| C++ 11.055%
| (Visual) Basic 9.470%
| PHP 9.209%
| Perl 6.228%
| Python 3.641%
| C# 3.023%
| JavaScript 2.310%
| Delphi 2.252%
| SAS 2.210%
| Ruby 1.717%
| PL/SQL 1.223%
| D 0.684%
| ABAP 0.637%
| Lisp/Scheme 0.586%
| COBOL 0.564%
| Ada 0.546%
| Pascal 0.516%
| Visual FoxPro 0.431%
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http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index
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~~ Best wishes
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