Developers embracing cloud computing

Forty percent of developers working on open source projects intend to provide their applications as web services offerings using Cloud providers, according to the latest Evans Data Open Source Development survey. Of those who plan to use the cloud, the largest plurality, 28%, plan to use Google’s App Engine, while 15% plan to use Amazon's services. Cloud services by other vendors, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Salesforce are not nearly as popular.

As for other channels, more open source apps are distributed through OSS portals (30%) than any other way, but those who distribute their apps through mobile app stores are the most likely to be making money.

Other highlights of this survey of over 360 developers involved with open source development and conducted in November 2008 include:

• Just over half (52%) use Linux in a virtualized environment.
• MySQL is still the open source database of choice with over half of developers using it in at least some of their projects. Two thirds use a SQL database, either open source or commercial, while only 10% use a relational database management system.

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