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The Future of Software Development: Research Phase 2

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Below are some research problems we felt we needed to look into some more:


Software Patents


Speed and costs of Software Development

More statistics


Interesting:

  • IT departments
    • 2% only open source
    • 38% only closed source
    • 35% mixed open and closed use


Problem: TCO of Linux is 11% higher than windows

Advice on how to beat microsoft: let the techies start developing usefull stuf in stead of cool stuf!

Linux development: Letting MS Office work ON linux! Will this be a possible scenario maybe? Not only microsoft is flirting with open source, but linux flirting with microsoft?

As more and more companys are afraid to step Completely into linux.. would this be a logical thing? a more mixture of things? That means MS could come up with a emulator to run open source linux based software! Interesting possibility!


The FUTURE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT : SEVEN IMPORTANT TRENDS!!


More XML les Dot.net in wondows longhorn!

  • Twaekers.net Link: [1]

Octrooi op software

  • Wikipedia NL Link: [2]


From an interview about outsourcing to india:

Builder.com: Let's move on to the issue of documentation. Do you foresee any obstacles to repurposing code developed overseas, considering that some of the documentation may not be in English?
Kevin: Documentation? We don't need no stinkin' documentation!