A lot of people pay lip service to open source, but what are the real trends? What are people actually using and deploying? What are the popular platforms and languages? The Eclipse Foundation took a look in its survey of almost 1,700 developers to find out their open source-related development practices. Were there any surprises? Developer.com has the details.
What platforms and tools are open source developers using in 2010? A new study from the Eclipse Foundation provides a few clues.
The Eclipse Foundation study compiled responses from 1,696 developers and provides insights into current open source development practices. Among the findings in the Eclipse report is that developers are increasingly turning to Linux as a platform for both deployment and development.