I’ll take the damn obvious for $100, Mark.
OK: The cornerstone of the success of any operating system.
What is an application?
No! Sorry, the correct answer is “what is a developer?”! And you know what happens when you piss off developers?
What happens, Mark?
They stop developing. According to a recent press release from Evans Data Corp their Spring 2007 North American Development Survey revealed that:
Currently 64.8% of North American developers are targeting some version of Windows, as opposed to 74% last year and this is expected to drop another 2% in the coming year. Although Windows remains the largest market segment, Linux targeting has increased by 34% from 8.8% a year ago to 11.8% today.
Alright, I’ll take press release quotes for $100, Mark.
OK:
If we look back over the 10 year trend we’ve been tracking on OS targeting it’s clear that a shift away Windows began about two years ago, and the data show that this migration is now accelerating. Linux has benefited, but we also see corresponding growth in niche operating systems for non-traditional client devices. The landscape is changing.
Ah! That’s “What was John Andrews, President and CEO of Evans Data, quoted as saying?”!
Excellent!
OK, Mark, I’ll take more details for $200!
Javascript is the most widely used scripting language – with more than three times the users of PHP, Ruby, or Python, but use of Ruby is expected to increase by 50% within the coming year. … A third of North American developers are currently working with virtualization, and 42.5% expect to be adopting this within the next year.
You are correct! And you are this week’s winner! Now go develop something …
That would be “What open source languages are used by developers and what is the progress of virtualization adotpion by developers?”
