Re: No future for DB2

DA Morgan wrote:
>
> Again the deciding factor may be geography. I see a lot of Java
> here in the US Pacific Northwest. See a lot of .NET too ... but
> the interest in .NET seems to be waning and interest in PHP
> increasing.

It is probably safe to say that browser-based applications are the most popular, but of course there is still plenty of program development outside the browser. But in the browser-based app environment Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP rules:

Most popular web server: Apache
http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200506/com/index.html http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200506/index.html

http://survey.netcraft.com/Survey/Reports/0507/ http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html

Most popular module(s) for Apache: PHP
http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200506/apachemods.html

To bolster the "there-isn't-any-Java" argument: http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200506/techpen.html

Bonus:
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/04/28/interview_with_miguel_de_icaza_cofounder_of_gnome_ximian_and_mono.html Received on Sat Jul 30 2005 - 19:14:46 CDT