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Open Source: Microsoft and Open Source == Oil and Water?
Alfresco has released the results of their periodic “Open Source Barometer” survey.
It’s important to note up front that the survey results are from 25,163 members of the Alfresco on-line community who have become Alfresco members from April 1st to September 30th — so this is a highly biased population to be surveying. These are people who are already convinced of the benefits of Open Source and very likely organizations that use or have no problem using a Java-based platform.
But nonetheless, since the survey pool represents 5000 global organizations, the results are interesting. When questioned about Microsoft SharePoint and related products and technology, Microsoft did not fare well. The results of the survey were:
· Open source users as a whole and respondents using Windows are rejecting Silverlight and .NET/Web parts
· 92% do not use or intend to use Silverlight
· 86% do not use or intend to use .NET/Web Parts
· 71% use or intend to use an open stack based on a Java architecture
· 58% use or intend to use AJAX with 21% choosing Flex
· 53% of respondents using Windows use or intend to use a stack based on a Java architecture
· 52% of respondents using Windows use or intend to use AJAX
