Some Eclipse Usage Data

A subscriber study from Eclipse Review754 respondents, June 2006

Alan Zeichick, BZ Media

BZ Media

This is subscriber dataThis is subscriber data

• A self-selecting audience: Those who chose to subscribe to a free quarterly magazine about Eclipse development

• The data was gathered for internal use, primarily for�the editors on Eclipse Review

• This presentation primarily shows my poor PowerPoint skills

• A self-selecting audience: Those who chose to subscribe to a free quarterly magazine about Eclipse development

• The data was gathered for internal use, primarily for�the editors on Eclipse Review

• This presentation primarily shows my poor PowerPoint skills

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What stage are you withbuilding apps w/Eclipse?What stage are you withbuilding apps w/Eclipse?

Building Production

11%

Building Pilot12%

Studying19%

No Plans Yet17%

Don't Know4%

Deployed Production

37%

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What type of apps are youmaking with Eclipse?

What type of apps are youmaking with Eclipse?

0

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20

30

40

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90

JavaWebServerSOA/Web ServicesRCPDesktopAJAXC/C++

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How many plug-ins does yourteam currently use?

How many plug-ins does yourteam currently use?

None15%

Just 14%

2 to 429%5 to 9

30%

10 or more22%

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Which plug-ins do you usenow, will you use next year?

Which plug-ins do you usenow, will you use next year?

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Which projects do you usenow, will you use next year?

Which projects do you usenow, will you use next year?

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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Which projects do you usenow, will you use next year?

Which projects do you usenow, will you use next year?

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20%

30%

40%

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60%

70%

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Which industry are you in?Which industry are you in?Finance

14%

Government5%

Defense/Aero4%

Communications8%

Consulting15%Computer Mfg

21%

Non-Comp Mfg5%

Media3%

Medical4%

Mining/Agr/Cons1%

Transport3%

Education3% Other

14%

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Note: This wasn’tBZ Research research

Note: This wasn’tBZ Research research

• BZ Research conducts extensive independent research into Eclipse adoption and usageThe second annual BZ Research Eclipse

Adoption Study was completed late 2005

The bigger, better third annual study will kick off in October and November

This study is designed specifically to be useful for the software dev industry

• BZ Research conducts extensive independent research into Eclipse adoption and usageThe second annual BZ Research Eclipse

Adoption Study was completed late 2005

The bigger, better third annual study will kick off in October and November

This study is designed specifically to be useful for the software dev industry

BZ Media

Thank you!Thank you!

• Alan Zeichick, BZ MediaEditorial Director, SD TimesEditor-in-Chief, Eclipse ReviewDirector, BZ ResearchConference Chair, EclipseWorldalan@bzmedia.com

• Alan Zeichick, BZ MediaEditorial Director, SD TimesEditor-in-Chief, Eclipse ReviewDirector, BZ ResearchConference Chair, EclipseWorldalan@bzmedia.com