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Mobile Developers Still Favor .Net and Java, But The Popularity Of Linux And
Android Is Growing
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| Still, it's worth noting that Linux, Android and Mac OS are all on the rise
| despite the fact that they are either still coming to market, or have
| relatively small market share.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062001932.html
http://tinyurl.com/5sppl4
JVM-Based Languages Grow In Popularity
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| A growing number of languages are thus being written for the JVM. Four of the
| most popular are distributed under an open-source license. Given that Java is
| now open source, this means that you have a fully open-source stack to work
| with--one that's also portable. Because these languages are implemented on
| top of the JVM, they also have access to standard Java classes and libraries.
| This means that if a third-party product includes connectivity routines in
| Java, but you prefer to work in Python, you can use Jython and access the
| Java libraries from within your program.
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http://ostatic.com/165658-blog/jvm-based-languages-grow-in-popularity
Recent:
Linux Development Thriving
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| There was a time when developers were clamouring all over Microsoft, but
| latest figures from Evans Data shows that fewer than one in ten software
| developers are writing applications for Windows Vista this year – just eight
| percent. To rub salt in the wound, the data shows that 49 percent of
| developers are writing applications for Windows XP.
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| Linux is also thriving it would seem. 13 percent are writing applications,
| with 15.5 percent in 2009.
|
| [...]
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| Unfortunately for Microsoft, that probably means re-investing in XP and
| dumping Vista like an unwanted prom date.
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http://www.linuxsolutions.fr/linux-development-thriving/
Vista's big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it
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| Such appreciation for history is not likely to warm the cockles of
| Microsoft's heart, especially when Linux is getting lots of love from
| developers (13 percent writing apps for it this year and 15.5 percent in
| 2009).
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9969231-16.html
Coders Tell Why They're Avoiding Vista
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| Microsoft Corp. undoubtedly wanted to avoid its current predicament. It has
| been publicly talking up features in Vista since 2003 -- half a decade.
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| But such "overmarketing," as Krasowski calls it, can rebound. Experienced
| developers have become jaded towards the third-party apps Microsoft trots out
| as exemplars of Redmond's latest technology -- "demoware," he calls them --
| that sparkle with flashy animation and video.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146035/coders_tell_why_theyre_avoiding_vista.html
Related:
Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?
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| We asked a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little
| more polish before release? The answer astounded us. We would just like to
| thank Bill Gates for his honesty and his openness.
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http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks
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