Ten Emerging 2005 Software Trends

Manageability - Ten Emerging 2005 Software Trends

Only a hermit would not have noticed the massive, and I emphasize massive, developments in the Software development world in the first half of 2005. To get a handle on the most recent developments, I consult back to my original prediction as a frame for the picture.

1. Firefox Browser market share will continue to grow in 2005.

2. Eclipse marketshare will continue to grow.

3. AMD will continue to increase its performance dominance over Intel.

4. Javascript will regain dominance in the space of Rich Internet Applications (RIA).

5. Java developers will continue to abandon EJB as the standard way of building Java based server applications.

6. Semantic XHTML will continue to gain mind share as the best way to encode semantic information.

7. SOA will continue to mesmerize the masses... WS-* will move close to irrelevance

8. Large costly multi-cpu servers will be abandoned in favor of lots of cheap low cost single CPU servers.

9. IT Deflation will be the continuing trend. The kids are apparently shunning computer science education, and I've been making less money than I made back in 2000.

10. Scripting languages will become dominant in addressing the needs of situated software.

So, if you haven't been keeping up with the times, I do hope this 2005 refresher will get you up to speed.