market-research

How popular are security code reviews?

Real world, how many here undergo in-depth security code reviews? Those that do, how often - once a quarter, once a version, once a blue moon? Those that don't - why not? (Not referring to small or hobby programmers - not that I'm trivializing them, its just I don't expect them to ;-) ). As a security consultant, I'm usually the one cal...

Size of End-User Database Application Market (Microsoft Access, Filemaker Pro, etc.)

Hey Folks - This is not a technical question, but thought I'd throw it out anyway. I am in need of a rough size of the End-User Database Application market. Specifically, I'm talking about products like Microsoft Access and Filemaker Pro. Does anyone know where I could find such information (preferably without paying $5000 for a ma...

What is the market share for the various .Net framework versions?

Does anyone know if these stats are collected or exist anywhere? Any anecdotal evidence is at least slightly helpful ...

Which companies are using F# internally and what are they using it for?

I am interested in learning F# and would like to know if it is worth pursuing professionally. Are there any companies out there who are using this language and what are they using it for. ...

How important are side-by-side comparisons for new technologies?

Hey all, final question for the market research that my graduate team is doing for new product adoptions. Thank you all for the help you have provided so far, it has been invaluable for our research. I'll publish a link to our industry white paper if anyone is interested (and it doesn't get closed). So how important are side-by-side c...

What market share do each of the BlackBerry models have?

I'm trying to find what market share each of the different BlackBerry models and/or OSes have. I've found similar resources for the iPhone (all OS versions and just V3.x OS versions) so I hope something is available. At the moment our BlackBerry application is specified to support 8xxx and 9xxx models, and I want to know what proportio...

BlackBerry - On which device/os to test .net web portal?

I am writing web portal for mobile phones using .net framework, I have tested some stuff on 9530(4.7.X) simulator and it has got issue as some of the javascript doesn't work. I tested the same in 5.X version simulators of blackberry and it works fine, So I am confused on which version to test so that it reaches the maximum audience. (J...

Software industry sector sizes

Are there statistics or even estimates anywhere regarding the sizes of the various sectors of the software industry (e.g. desktop, systems, embedded, business, games etc.)? ...

Investment figures for the Java platform

Are there any market research figures available calculating aggregate investment (worldwide, by region, by country) in the Java platform? This could include software (application servers, IDEs, profiling tools), hardware (Sun servers, bytecode executing processors), personnel (training, books), language development (Java, Clojure, Scala,...