Nice piece of work, Scott. On behalf of all of us, thank you ...
By the way, 49 responses within a day is absolutely excellent for this type of survey. And, it's not totally indicative of the number of developers. Meaning, I'm sure that I was the only one of several at my company that responded, and lots of individual programmers are too busy on projects to respond. On the subject of open source, I am convinced that Phil intends to follow through in making the product into something that will sustain life well into the future. I'm also certain that legalities contribute to slowing that process down, especially in the realm of international copyright law. On the subject of programming languages, we are all well-advised to be conversant in 2-3 languages, and the two other languages that, in my experience, open the most doors, are .NET and PHP. I have come across many companies that insist on one of those, but I only hear an insistence on Java in utilities, banks and government. I dislike those environments, due to the typically long sales cycle involved. As for availability of Witango programmers, I can hire a proficient .NET programmer, and within about 3 concentrated days, they will be 90% conversant with Witango, because of its programming constructs and visual development interface. The converse is not true. Just thoughts ... and also thought it was time for me to post something, so's you all don't think I bailed. Over and out, Ian -----Original Message----- From: Scott Cadillac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:39 AM To: Witango-Talk Subject: Witango-Talk: Observations on Survey results Hi All, The survey has reached 49 responses, a very respectable number. Congratulations everyone. http://freeonlinesurveys.com/viewresults.asp?c=x4jovb5l0cv4h6y469661 Note, I think the survey system only lets you see the first 50 responses. For more you have to buy a monthly subscription. An observation that I think is interesting, is that the number of people coding on a particular platform for their Editor/Studio does not directly match the Server platform they deploy to. As well, the majority of choice for an alternate technology platform (Linux) also do not match the platform most considered stable for Witango (Windows). I think what that says is that Witango programmers are less concerned about the Operating System they use, and more interested in stability and options. Personally I think that's a great attribute for a good programmer or service provider - by focusing on the solution and not letting yourself get hung up on the logistics. Of course, some might say the same should be said about our choice of programming languages too. Also, I see the interest in Java based options (both current and as an alternate technology) being very low - yet, a lot of people are planning to move to version 6 which is apparently java-based. Does that mean we trust Java more as an application platform than as a coding environment? Just curious. In hindsight I know I could have worded things a little differently, but mostly I wish I had added another option for Question 10 (What do you use or see as a workable transition platform?) as "Not interested in moving away from Witango". But for being a spur of the moment thing, I think it all worked out pretty well. Thank you. Take care. Scott, ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
