SD Times: Survey: VB.NET, XML Databases, Linux on the Rise

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 4, 2003

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“More XML, Visual Basic .NET and C#. Less SQL, HTML and C/C++
coding. More XML databases, more Linux, less Windows. And about the
same quantity of Java and UML.

“Those are the results of a study conducted by Readex Inc., an
independent research firm, into SD Times’ readership. While those
results can’t be accurately extrapolated to match that of the
broader software development community, the figures do show some
interesting potential trends, such as that scripting languages will
continue to be widely used, that Java remains more popular than any
of Microsoft’s individual .NET languages, and that Linux adoption
is increasing while Unix is dropping slightly…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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