Eleven Trends From 2007
December 26, 2007 —
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The rise of scripting languages, the fall of SCO. The war between REST and WS-*. Windows Vista whimpered while the Mac roared. Those are some of the key stories that SD Times followed last year.
We expected, frankly, the big story of the year to be Windows Vista, but as we look back through our notes, it was only one of about 11 top stories that our reporters and editors followed. Here’s what 2007 looked like from our perspective.
1. Dynamic languages are on the rise. We went into 2007 knowing that Ruby would be a popular topic, thanks to Ruby on Rails, and that JavaScript was resurgent, thanks to AJAX-based rich Internet applications. However, we did not anticipate that there would be such broad big-company support for dynamic languages—and there was, from everyone from Microsoft to Sun, CodeGear to Eclipse. If you were learning a new language in 2007, it wasn’t Java or C#; it was a dynamic language.
2. HP settled in as a major player in software test. Customers didn’t know what to think, when Hewlett-Packard made its play for Mercury Interactive. HP’s track record in software has always been spotty, and after its recent management turmoil, many customers were nervous. However, HP seems to have executed the acquisition well, and is now firmly established as a big player in software test. The big question is…what will HP do next?
3. Web 2.0 raises security concerns. Rich Internet applications are attractive to consumers because they make the Web more pleasant to use. They’re also attractive to hackers because the new technology introduces the potential for new (and nasty) vulnerabilities. We reported that development managers are nervous about the implications of AJAX and other RIAs for their application. We’re nervous too.
4. GPLv3 is completed, and the lawsuits start. This was a surprise for two reasons. First, the controversial GNU General Public License update was far less acrimonious than expected. After all the protestations, it launched with scarcely a whimper. And second, we have this company, BusyBox, suing companies for violating its open source license by embedding its code without releasing the end product back as open source. We suppose that someone’s got to be the test case…but who are those guys, anyway? It’s not BusyBox driving this; it’s the Software Freedom Law Center.
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