Open-source adopters prove a mixed bag
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| Among the most significant trends unearthed by Alfresco is that open-source
| software does not exist in a silo but is typically blended with, and even
| resides on, proprietary software. For example, when Alfresco asked about
| evaluation, 40 per cent of respondents said they used Windows to road-test
| the software, compared with 35 per cent on Linux. This is in spite of the
| fact that many more actual deployments are on Linux than on Windows.
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http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/analysis/2211529/open-source-adopters-prove-3866539
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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."
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| 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
Survey: Emerging Market Developers Rush to Open-Source Software
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| Officials at Evans Data, in Santa Cruz, Calif., said this
| increase corresponds with an increase in the use of the
| Eclipse open-source development platform in China and Brazil,
| as well as a continuing increase in the use of Linux in
| emerging markets.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2095340,00.asp
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.
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| [...]
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| 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
Open source booming in Asia
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| Open source code is now used by over 70 per cent of software
| developers in Asia, according to a new report.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2170549/open-source-grows-asia
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