A recent survey from Evans Data shows that 40 percent of surveyed developers
working on open-source projects plan to deliver their applications as Web
services offerings using cloud providers.
According to the Evans Data Open Source/Linux Development survey, among
those who plan to use the cloud, the majority, at 28 percent, said they plan to
use Google App Engine, while 15 percent plan to use Amazon.com's services. Cloud
services by other vendors, such as Microsoft, IBM
and Salesforce.com, were not nearly as popular. Evans Data surveyed more than
360 developers involved with open-source projects, company officials said.
"As costs increase for power, staff and data center resources, more
businesses are being attracted to the latest promise: moving more of the
company's infrastructure and applications into a third-party-provided cloud,"
John Andrews, president and CEO of Evans
Data, said in a statement. "Many companies are using this model to not
only reduce infrastructure costs but simultaneously increase their
computational capabilities."
The Evans Data survey also indicated that more open-source applications are
distributed through open-source software portals than any other way. The survey
said 30 percent of open-source applications are distributed through open-source
software portals, but those developers who distribute their applications
through mobile application stores are the most likely to be making money.
Other highlights of the survey include that MySQL is
still the open-source database of choice, with over half of developers using it
in at least some of their projects. In addition, 52 percent of respondents said
they use Linux in a virtualized environment, and 20 percent of developers said
they use the Flex programming language at least some of the time.
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