DEVELOPERS AND OPEN SOURCE 2008
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Topics covered include:
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+ Does your organisation use open source?
+ Which open source technologies does your organisation use?/ Why doesn’t your organisation use open source?
+ What do you perceive are the benefits of using open source technologies?
+ Which vendor do you see as the leader in the open source community? Why?
+ Do you believe that open source equal higher quality?
+ Which browsers do you use at work and which at home?
+ Do you think that the LAMP stack poses a threat to existing closed technologies?
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Most developers would rather use Open Source,
new study reveals
LONDON, May 2008, - An in-depth study into Open Source technologies to be released this month by IT market research agency, Kingpin Intelligence, indicates that most UK developers prefer to use open source technologies.
The survey of 400 UK developers, 200 using Open Source and 200 that use alternatives, offers insight into product choice, leading vendors and thoughts on the future of Open Source.
Results indicate that most non-Open Source respondents would prefer to use Open Source for work, but agree that existing licences and client requirement hamper migration.
While 42% of all those surveyed believe that the LAMP stack currently poses a threat to other technologies, 42% don’t feel that Open Source necessarily equals higher quality. However, the majority of respondents still prefer to use the Mozilla browser for personal use, with Internet Explorer more widely used at work.
Red Hat is widely seen as the leading Open Source vendor, with younger rival Ubuntu making strides in vendor space.
“This research confirms that there is increasing interest in Open Source technologies in the UK developer community,” said Claire Roy, Head of Research at Kingpin Intelligence. “The cost and flexibility benefits of using Open Source technologies are appealing for developers and organisations in the current financial climate.”
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