survival of the forges: do language trends tell the story?
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Survival of the Forges: Do Language Trends Tell the Story?
Steve O’Grady, RedMonk
Peter Vescuso, Black Duck Software
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Speakers
Steve O’Grady
Industry analyst, founder, RedMonk
Peter Vescuso
EVP of Marketing and Business Development, Black Duck Software
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Agenda
Market Dynamics
Forge and language Trends
Summary
Q&A
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The Abundance of Open Source
100+ billion of lines of code
500,000+ projects
10+ million staff years of development
Billions of $$ of development
50,000+ security vulnerabilities
550+ cryptographic algorithms
2,000+ unique licenses
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Free FOSS directory and developer community
Forge, repository and language neutral
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Background: Forge Trends as Revealed by Language
Four forges analyzed: – SourceForge, Github, GoogleCode, CodePlex– General purpose forges, does not include language-
specific forges such as Rubyforge
Analyzed language on a commit basis Using commits as a gauge of current activity Time period: January to May 2011 Over 2.1 M language commits across four forges
– Only count commits that contained code– If a commit includes more than one language, each
language is counted. Did not include: Shell, XML, Assembler
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Information Resources
Data on open source project info on licenses, projects, languages– www.blackducksoftware.com/oss– www.Ohloh.net
SPDX – info on new data exchange standard – www.blackducksoftware.com/spdx/intro_to_spdx.mov
Android white paper and webinar– www.blackducksoftware.com/android– www.blackducksoftware.com/webinars/legal/android.html
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Questions?
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