China's software developers eye Linux. (Software Intelligence).A survey of 700 developers in mainland China revealed that while the Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. dominates the country's software development efforts, a significant proportion of programmers This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. See also: Game programmer, List of computer scientists are beginning to develop applications for Linux or plan to do so in the next year. The survey, by research company Evans Data, paints a different picture of the software development community in China than in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , where a smaller percentage of developers said they plan to experiment with Linux applications in the coming year. About 27 percent of the developers polled in China said they are currently writing Linux applications. Looking ahead, 66 percent said they would probably" or "absolutely" write Linux applications within the next year. Only 9 percent said they had no intention to write for the open source operating system in the next year. In contrast, about 40 percent of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. developers surveyed in January by Evans Data, as part of a separate study, said they plan to write Linux applications within the next year. Despite the apparent interest in Linux in China, the target operating system for deploying applications is still very much Windows. Almost 80 percent of the developers polled said applications written for commercial resale resale n. selling again, particularly at retail. In many states a "resale license" or "resale number" is required so that the state can monitor the collection of sales tax on retail sales. RESALE. and those deployed internally were written to run for some version of Windows. Only about 4 percent of those surveyed said applications that have been actually deployed run on Linux. It seems they're evaluating Linux a whole lot.. Linux is being used still by a small number of developers, but that seems like it's poised to change. The level of confidence in the open source operating system was also greater in China than in North America, the survey showed. About 77 percent of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. in China said they are "very supportive" of building mission-critical applications to run on Linux. In North America, about 58 percent of those polled said Linux was sturdy sturdy neurological disease in sheep caused by the pressure of a Taenia multiceps metacestode. Called also gid. enough to be used for mission-critical applications, Evans Data found. In addition to surveying operating system trends, the Evans Data survey found that security breaches were more common in China than in North America. About 47 percent of developers polled in China said that their company experienced a security breach in the last year, compared to less than 20 percent in North America. The most common form of security breach, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the survey, occurred as a result of a computer vires attack. That was followed by a deliberate hack into a database. www.infoworld.com |
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