{"id":3989,"date":"2013-06-20T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:37:34","slug":"roundup-predictions-and-analysis-on-software-developers-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/roundup-predictions-and-analysis-on-software-developers-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"A Roundup of Predictions and Analysis on Software Developers and Development. RedMonk Nailing it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">When you&#8217;ve been an analyst company for 10 years or so, it becomes pretty clear whether your track record on prediction passes muster. At RedMonk we&#8217;re justifiably proud of nailing many of the trends affecting software development very early on in their development. Or as I like to put it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;At RedMonk we&#8217;re usually four years or so ahead of the industry. We do that by being <del datetime=\"2013-06-24T13:36:55+00:00\">eight<\/del> four years behind Tim O&#8217;Reilly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this post I round up some RedMonk analysis that I think you&#8217;ll find interesting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/dberkholz\/2013\/01\/21\/github-will-hit-5-million-users-within-a-year\/\">GitHub Will Hit 5 Million Users Within a Year<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, Jan 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2013\/02\/28\/language-rankings-1-13\/\">The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, January 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2012\/01\/13\/2012-predictions\/\">What\u2019s in Store for 2012: A Few Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2013\/01\/15\/revisiting-2012-predictions\/\">Revisiting the 2012 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/2005\/02\/10\/soap-is-boring-wake-up-big-vendors-or-get-niched\/\">SOAP is Boring, Wake Up Big Vendors or Get Niched<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/dberkholz\/2013\/05\/20\/ranking-linux-distributions-and-the-decline-of-the-traditional-distros\/\">Ranking Linux Distributions, and the Decline of the Traditional Distros<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2011\/04\/27\/frameworks-lead-adoption\/\">The Rails\/Node Lesson: Frameworks Lead Adoption<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, 20111<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2012\/03\/13\/chef-and-puppet\/\">Community Metrics: Comparing Chef and Puppet<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, 2012<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/2005\/02\/04\/enterprises-and-consumers-dont-buy-things-they-subscribe-to-services\/\">Enterprises and consumers don\u2019t buy things, they subscribe to services<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, Cloud, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2005\/03\/07\/breaking-the-relational-chains\/\">Breaking The Relational Chains<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0&#8211; NoSQL, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2007\/06\/26\/dscm\/\">Distributed Source Code Management \u2013 Niche or Trend?: The Q&amp;A<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a02007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" title=\"Permanent link to Why You Should Pay Attention to Node.Js\" href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/sogrady\/2010\/05\/13\/node-js\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" rev=\"post-3692\">Why You Should Pay Attention to Node.Js<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0&#8211; 2010<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;ve been an analyst company for 10 years or so, it becomes pretty clear whether your track record on prediction passes muster. 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