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Windows as an application platform: Not sick, but not well either
The results of a recent Evans Data study, one that shows Windows popularity to be slipping among developers, have been making their way around the Internet over the last week.
The study, a summary of which is available here, suggests that 65% of North American software developers target the Windows operating system, compared to 12% for Linux. Looks good -- except that last year's survey yielded figures of 74% for Windows and 9% for Linux.
A closer look at the survey, completed by nearly 450 North American developers, shows that, at 46%, Windows XP is far and away the OS most often targeted by developers. There's a two-way tie for second place -- Windows 2003 and "Other" -- at a little under 11%. Red Hat Linux checks in at fourth, at a little more than 7%.
Microsoft is not dead, and it is not dying. Rather, the company's decline in market share is a runny nose. Read Brian Eastwood's commentary on SearchVB.com. Comment there or use the Post Reply button to comment here.
http://searchvb.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid8_gci1263391,00.html?
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Re: Windows as an application platform
Great news!
The biggest pain with .NET Framework 1.1 was that it was NOT integrated with Windows (passwords in machine.config).. a little odd for an old Windows developer.. then to learn that MS support use a gdb-like debugger for support added additional puzzlement.. but it became clear.. .NET really is designed to reach beyond Windows
For all those who looked at EJB and though “this is just like MTS but slower with crap thrown it (CMP)”.. .NET is a great platform that will only reach it’s true potential once it is freed from the confines of Windows.
Asside from market-leading office tools; hard-core graphics and DBMSs nobody should be targeting Win32 anymore.. this kind of server will hasten the day that .NET is freeded!
Anybody of sun.NET?
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Re: Windows as an application platform: Not sick, but not well either
From the scarce precise numbers we can infer from the study's summary, the only thing it proves is that more and more people are targetting thin / smart clients that are OS-agnostic as client platform, not that Windows is declining on the thick client. I still think that thick clients are here to stay for a very long time (for example, Google Spreadhseet is nowhere near 1% as powerful as Excel is, and let's not begin talking about video games), and Windows is still the platform of choice for thick clients.
Even if we imagine a world where all the applications that can be embedded in a browser without losing user-friendliness are (let's say 50%), you still choose your OS because it can run your favorite thick clients apps (since all OS have good browsers), thus most people still choose Windows, and Microsoft remains in very good shape. Sun's network computer was utopic back in 1995, in 1999, in 2003, still is in 2007, and I predict it will still be for a long time.
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