__/ [ asj ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 21:49 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | According to survey, by the end of the year, it is expected that the
>> | number of developers expected to be working on Linux will match the
>> | number of expected Windows developers.
>> |
>> | "Watching the developers is like watching the future," Handy (IBM VP)
>> | told me. If so, then the future's looking mighty good for Linux.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2006-06-02-028-26-OP-MR-DV
>
> A significant majority of Java developers probably target Linux
> servers, even though Java EE would run just as well on Windows servers.
> This is probably because of antipathy towards Microsoft. Many
> developers probably also code on non-Windows boxes (many Mac, but
> probably a hefty proportion on Linux too since some toolkits do not
> have mac ports).
>
> See, it helps to have a common "enemy" ;-)
Well, .NET is surely no friend of Java. By turning some backs on Windows,
Java prevails and .NET will perish. Taking this line of arguments a wee bit
further, Linux is more stable and it is Free to modify, re-distribute, and
extend (e.g. to clusters) -- all without a cost. You cannot argue in quite
the same manner in the context of IIS, Exchange, SQL Server, and Windows (to
name just a few commercial, proprietary components).
Best wishes,
Roy
PS - I believe that an Eclipse magazine had a cover complimenting Open Source
today. Can't recall anything beyond this...
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