Open Source Developers Prefer Google’s Cloud over Microsoft’s – 40% of OSS devs plan to offer services instead of software
Open source developers embrace in mass Google’s Cloud-based offerings, while steering clear of what Microsoft has to offer. The face-off between Microsoft and Google has put the two companies in the position of making inroads into each other’s traditional territory. While Google is moving onto the desktop with offerings such as the Chrome browser, Microsoft is reaching into the Cloud with solutions including the Windows Azure operating system. However, when it comes down to open source developers embracing the Cloud solution, a study put together by Evans Data indicates that Google has gained the upper hand compared with Microsoft.
The latest Evans Data Open Source Development survey indicates that no less than 40% of devs building open source projects will use Cloud providers in order to offer customers their applications via a browser as service. In this regard, Google, adept of the Software as Service business strategy, is preferred by the vast majority of open source developers, thanks to the Google App Engine, with no less than 28% of them adhering to the solution. Following Google is Amazon.com, with 15%, while Microsoft (with Software plus Services offerings) and IBM are “not nearly as popular.”
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