Here you will find the results from previous quick polls.
| In choosing the hardware/software development platform for your Java application, which factor influences your decision most? |
|
| 15% |
Publicly-available benchmarks (e.g. SPEC) |
| 19% |
Internally developed benchmarks or performance tests |
| 13% |
Power consumption and heat/noise levels |
| 37% |
Availability of tools and support |
| 16% |
Just use your current platform and worry about it if a problem comes up |
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239 total votes | |
| 18.6% |
Optimized for multi-socket single-core processors years ago; have not touched since |
| 44.0% |
Actively doing multi-core processor optimization |
| 24.7% |
Conducting performance studies; multi-core optimization expected within the year |
| 6.7% |
Multi-core is a fad; single-threaded all the way |
| 5.9% |
Multi-what? Is multi-threaded some sort of performance fabric for fitness fanatics? |
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757 total votes | |
| Are you coding specifically for multi-core processor architectures? |
| 18.6% |
Optimized for multi-socket single-core processors years ago; have not touched since |
| 44.0% |
Actively doing multi-core processor optimization |
| 24.7% |
Conducting performance studies; multi-core optimization expected within the year |
| 6.7% |
Multi-core is a fad; single-threaded all the way |
| 5.9% |
Multi-what? Is multi-threaded some sort of performance fabric for fitness fanatics? |
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757 total votes | |
| What do you think of our new look? |
| 45.5% |
Much better! |
| 13.0% |
Meh… |
| 5.8% |
I like the old look better. |
| 35.7% |
You have a new look? |
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154 total votes | |
| Tell us about your experience with multi-threading. |
| 40.7% |
Architecting multi-threaded applications |
| 19.6% |
Developing multi-threaded applications |
| 4.2% |
Supporting multi-threaded applications |
| 14.6% |
Learning about multi-threaded applications |
| 6.1% |
Using multi-threaded applications |
| 14.8% |
Just curious |
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479 total votes | |
| Which one of the following development topics are you most likely to tackle within the next twelve months? |
| 35.4% |
Optimizing for 64-bit architecture. |
| 10.5% |
Developing Java-related software projects. |
| 10.2% |
Developing .Net-related software projects. |
| 32% |
Taking advantage of multi-core processors. |
| 7.6% |
Leveraging virtualization. |
| 4.3% |
Combining managed code and native instruction sets. |
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841 total votes | |
| Considering the software that you are currently developing, which computing platform(s) is it designed to run on? |
| 18.6% |
Server |
| 20.9% |
Workstation |
| 10.3% |
Commercial Desktop/Laptop |
| 25.7% |
Consumer Desktop/Laptop |
| 18.1% |
All of the above |
| 6.5% |
Other |
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1902 total votes | |
| Are you currently using a 64-bit operating system or plan to use one by the end of this year? |
| 40.5% |
I'm using one now |
| 33.1% |
Yes, I plan to use one this year |
| 21.2% |
No, but I am considering it |
| 5.1% |
No plans to use |
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528 total votes | |
| What is your primary programming/development language? |
| 62.3% |
C, C++ |
| 6.9% |
C# |
| 6.9% |
VB |
| 2.8% |
ASP/HTML |
| 21% |
Other |
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956 total votes | | |