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OpenLogic Open Source Survey Results
OpenLogic conducted a survey in the JavaOne exhibit hall this year to find out which open source packages developers use most often, how many different open source packages their companies use, and what internal challenges prevent them from using more open source. 148 JavaOne attendees completed the survey.
1. Which open source packages are most commonly used by your company?
Respondents were asked to select from a list of 60 of the most popular packages, and write-in submissions were also accepted. The top 30 packages are listed below along with the number of votes received and overall percentages.
| 1. | Ant - 104 votes/70% | 16. | mySQL - 42 votes/28% |
| 2. | Eclipse - 98 votes/66% | 17. | Perl - 41 votes/27% |
| 3. | Junit - 87 votes/59% | 18. | JBoss - 38 votes/26% |
| 4. | Log4j - 85 votes/57% | 19. | NetBeans - 37 votes/25% |
| 5. | Tomcat - 82 votes/55% | 20. | Cruise Control - 35 votes/24% |
| 6. | Apache HTTP/66 votes - 45% | 21. | OpenSSH - 34 votes/23% |
| 7. | Xerces - 61 votes/41% | 22. | Maven - 32 votes/22% |
| 8. | Hibernate - 59 votes/40% | 23. | JavaMail - 31 votes/21% |
| 9. | CVS - 57 votes/39% | 24 (t) | Axis - 25 votes/17% |
| 10. | PuTTY - 54 votes/36% | 24.(t) | PostgreSQL - 25 votes/17% |
| 11. | Subversion - 51 votes/34% | 26.(t) | OpenSSL - 23 votes/16% |
| 12.(t) | Jakarta Commons - 46 votes/31% | 26.(t) | PHP - 23 votes/16% |
| 12.(t) | Spring - 46 votes/31% | 26.(t) | Vim - 23 votes/16% |
| 12.(t) | Xalan - 46 votes/31% | 29. | Python - 22 votes/15% |
| 15. | Struts - 44 votes/30% | 30. | Velocity - 21 votes/15% |
2. How many different open source packages are used by your company?
Respondents were asked to select one of four "buckets" that best represents the level of open source usage in their company or organization.
3. What's the biggest challenge to using more open source in your company?
Respondents were asked to specify which issue, if any, presents the biggest obstacle to using more open source software in their company or organization.
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