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Many Java programmers remind me of soothsayers - they try to see
trends in the winds and use it to their advantage. Thus, you get the
rather monotonous postings about how Java crushes all other
languages/platforms when it comes to job postings, or how this survey
and that survey purports to predict the success of Java in future.
Then there's TIOBE index, which ranks popularity based on some complex
google methodology, and which has been showing an amazing rise in
Java's popularity over the past year. My personal favorite is using
shelf space in book stores to predict the popularity of technologies,
along with the rather similar amazon.com top daily books.
So it comes as no surprise that this particular news article caught my
eye.
Is it possible to measure popularity and success indirectly in these
trying times by determining any upsurge in the sales of specific IT
books?
blog:
http://www.freeroller.net/page/kalimantan/20030915#java_soothsayers_and_book_sales
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source:
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews...ticleid=CA322983&publication=publishersweekly
The economy is finally showing some signs of life again. Consumer
spending on technology is inching up. And yet, with a few exceptions,
overall sales in the computer/technology book category continue to
slump or remain flat at best, according to buyers for booksellers
across the U.S. While computer book retailers are singing the blues,
there are a few upbeat notes..... Other areas showing
signs of life include books on Sun Microsystems' Java programming
language and the Linux operating system, as well as computer security.
"
trends in the winds and use it to their advantage. Thus, you get the
rather monotonous postings about how Java crushes all other
languages/platforms when it comes to job postings, or how this survey
and that survey purports to predict the success of Java in future.
Then there's TIOBE index, which ranks popularity based on some complex
google methodology, and which has been showing an amazing rise in
Java's popularity over the past year. My personal favorite is using
shelf space in book stores to predict the popularity of technologies,
along with the rather similar amazon.com top daily books.
So it comes as no surprise that this particular news article caught my
eye.
Is it possible to measure popularity and success indirectly in these
trying times by determining any upsurge in the sales of specific IT
books?
blog:
http://www.freeroller.net/page/kalimantan/20030915#java_soothsayers_and_book_sales
-----------------------------------------------------
source:
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews...ticleid=CA322983&publication=publishersweekly
The economy is finally showing some signs of life again. Consumer
spending on technology is inching up. And yet, with a few exceptions,
overall sales in the computer/technology book category continue to
slump or remain flat at best, according to buyers for booksellers
across the U.S. While computer book retailers are singing the blues,
there are a few upbeat notes..... Other areas showing
signs of life include books on Sun Microsystems' Java programming
language and the Linux operating system, as well as computer security.
"