Linux loses its luster as a darling among developers

In the app dev sandbox, OS X may be eating Linux's lunch.

By Howard Baldwin, Computerworld | Open Source, insider, Linux 2 comments

November 14, 2011, 10:39 AM — Linux had a big birthday recently -- its 20th -- but the event may have been a tad bittersweet for its most devoted fans. According to recent results of the annual application development survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based researcher Evans Data Corp. , Linux has slipped to third place in popularity, behind Mac OS and, of course, Windows.

OS X is now the primary development platform of 7.9% of developers, the survey found, while only 5.6% of developers use Linux.

"I'm not surprised to see the uptick," says Al Hilwa, program director for applications development software at IDC. "The Mac is seeing a surge, and I've seen a lot of developers switching."

To continue reading, register here to become an Insider. You'll get free access to premium content from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World. See more Insider content or sign in.

View the discussion thread.

From CIO.com

From CSO Online

iPhone 5 growing up, but not out, this fall

10 comments
Java creator unhappy with Oracle trial outcome

5 comments
Money, not technology, drives cloud growth, IT shrinkage

3 comments
Facebook vs Google: by the numbers

3 comments
Install MATE on your Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon system

3 comments

Older
|
Newer

ITworld LIVE

The Webcast Virtualization KnowledgeVault was viewed
The White Paper Evaluator Group: Storage Federation - IT Without Limits (Analysis of HP Peer Motion with Storage Federation) was viewed
The White Paper PBX Buyer's Guide was viewed
The White Paper Forbes: Enterprises Set Their Strategies for Cloud Computing was viewed
The White Paper What Every CEO Needs to Know About the Cloud was viewed
The White Paper Microsoft Volume Licensing Reference Guide was viewed
The White Paper Pedal to the Metal - Quickly Recovery from a Data Disaster was viewed
The White Paper Forbes: Enterprises Set Their Strategies for Cloud Computing was viewed
Tom Trevathan has just joined ITworld
The White Paper 9 Important Business Phone System Buyer Questions was viewed
The White Paper A Business-Driven Approach to Legacy Modernization: Rapid Service Enablement via Small, Orchestrated Steps was viewed
The White Paper Fair to Partly Cloudy was viewed
The White Paper Best Practices and Applications of TLS/SSL was viewed
The White Paper Oracle Database Appliance was viewed
The White Paper Nemertes Research PilotHouse Awards: Server for Virtualization was viewed
The White Paper Endpoint Buyers Guide was viewed
yeti has just joined ITworld
Barry Rhodes has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies was viewed
Trendwise has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Program Overview was viewed
The White Paper Gartner Research Report - "What MFT Is, and How It Applies to You" was viewed
drtune has just joined ITworld
Charles872 has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Virtualizing the Client - The HP Way was viewed
The White Paper Oracle SOA vs. IBM SOA - Customer Perspectives on Evaluating Complexity and Business Value was viewed
matty_dubs has just joined ITworld
The Webcast The Evolution of NAS Storage was viewed
The White Paper Fine-Tune Your IT Performance was viewed
The White Paper Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Program Overview was viewed

Open SourceWhite Papers & Webcasts

White Paper

CIO Quickpulse: Drivers for Enterprise Virtualization Diversification

Open source is a key driving force as organizations consider second-vendor virtualization adoption to attain more diversity, data center power and agility.

White Paper

Consolidating SAP Applications to Linux on Power by IDC

IDC studied a group of enterprises that had deployed SAP applications on IBM Power Systems servers running Linux server operating environments and had been working with those systems for several years. Learn about the results...

White Paper

An Interactive eGuide: Open Source

By now, enterprises are well aware of the benefits of open-source software, which boasts a clean design, reliability, and maintainability, as well as support for standards and community values. But perhaps the biggest benefit is quality; since open-source software users have access to source code, bug fixes and enhancements come from multiple sources, often resulting in superior software.

See more White Papers | Webcasts