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Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison of C/C++ and Java

Programming language preference is a favorite debate among developers. Because different languages offer different coding styles, as well as different resources and tools, choosing between languages like C/C++ and Java can come down to developers' personal preference and comfort. But for businesses looking to implement one of these languages, how...

Tags: Developer, Evans Data Corp., TCO, Language, Programming Language Preference, C/C++, Programming Languages, Roi/Tco, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2007-06-01

Open source still fragmented

Evans Data has a new report out saying the open source market remains fragmented. The whole premise of the study shows just how little most analysts know about open source as a concept.The whole idea behind open source is to break down hierarchies. If you're really good, if you gain...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-04-11

56.2% of software developers use open source components

Evans Data has found a rising trend toward including open source modules in software development world. While 38.1% said they used OSS modules in their applications in Spring of 2001, in the most recent survey, 56.2% said they had.

Tags: Development tools, Evans Data Corp., software

Blog posts 2005-07-17

46% of developers used C++ in fall of 2004

Evans Data has found that the percentage of developers using C++ has steadily declined over the last six years from 76% in the Spring 1998 to 46% in Autumn 2004. Forrester Research found that C/C++, VB or Java were used in production systems by 59, 61 and 66% of...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, C++, Evans Data Corp.

Blog posts 2005-04-22

C creator upbeat on its future

C creator upbeat on its futureUnrelated information makes a bad comparison..>> "C++ is bigger than ever," Stroustrup said. "There are more than 3 million C++ programmers. Everywhere I look there has been an uprising--more and more projects are using C++. > Data from analyst firm Evans Data, which...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Evans Data Corp., Microsoft .NET, PHP, Microsoft Visual Basic, programming language, C, C++, Java

Discussion threads 2005-04-22

46% of developers used C++ in fall of 2004

Evans Data has found that the percentage of developers using C++ has steadily declined over the last six years from 76% in the Spring 1998 to 46% in Autumn 2004. Forrester Research found that C/C++, VB or Java were used in production systems by 59, 61 and 66% of...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, C++, Evans Data Corp.

Blog posts 2005-04-22

Evans Data: J2EE vs .NET

Evans Data found that roughly the same percentage of developers - about 32% - are using .Net and J2EE for building Web services applications.

Tags: Application servers, Middleware, .NET, Java, Enterprise software, Evans Data Corp., J2EE, Microsoft .NET

Blog posts 2003-09-17

Additional Resources

Why aren

Why arenIt should at least be in the datacenter.I have worked in public ed at one of the largest districts in the country. Open source should have easily been in the data center but it wasn't and I'll tell you why.No real study was done when there came a time...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., administrator, open source

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Survey: More SaaS development in 2009

More than half of all developers around the globe will work on Software as a Service SaaS apps this year, with a surge expected in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a study released today by Evans Data Corp. North America tops the list now for regions where SaaS implementation is...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Survey, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent

When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...

Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Is Java cooling down?

That's what this Business Week article says, as Java faces more intense competition from LAMP-style development a software stack for open source web development and .NET. According to the article, a survey by Evans Data Corp. showed Java usage declined to 47.9%, versus 51.4% in Fall of 2002. In contrast,...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Java

Blog posts 2005-12-14

68% of Web services developers adopted or are planning to adopt Service-Oriented Architecture

An Evans Data Corp. Web Services survey claims that 23% of developers have devised their own security mechanisms to protect Web services transactions, 22% use SSL, 9% use SOAP headers and 68% have either adopted a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, or are in the process of developing an adoption plan...

Tags: Web service, Web, SOA

Blog posts 2005-06-14