No argument. But the OSCON number was intersting because the Java population there was more like 10-15%. The bulk were Perl, PHP, and Ruby.
But in all fairness, even the folks with Dell, HP, and Compaq laptops were usually running some Linux distro :) You could here the chiming of Windows starting up, but that was more the reporters, managers, and other folks -- developers were *way* Mac-centric. This is a far cry from the OS8-9 days where Java 1.1.7 (plus swing and collections API as downloads) was the version you got from Apple.... man was that a PIA. Regards, John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: Re: Mac usage [Re: CFC-based GPL web HTML editor] > > the last two numbers are the interesting ones IMHO -- used to be > > graphic > > designers used Mac, developers used PC (maybe with Linux on it, but > > probably > > Windows). Most of the Java developers I know are moving to Mac. I'd > > head > > there myself if I didn't spend 50-60% in MS-SQL developer world with > > local > > database servers (and I'm not real interested in running VirtualPC for > > that) > > > The reason is simple; Mac OS X currently provides the best overall > platform for Java developers. In fact, it was recently reported by the > Java mothership, Sun, that most of their employees use Macs at home. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.MontaraSoftware.com > (888) 408-0900 x901 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
