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143 respondants.
Please specify the countries where WebObjects developers in your organization are located.
Country name |
Nbr of organizations |
Nbr of developers |
USA |
44 |
132 |
Germany |
18 |
61 |
UK |
15 |
29 |
Canada |
14 |
24 |
Australia |
11 |
28 |
France |
8 |
61 |
Mexico |
4 |
16 |
Netherlands |
3 |
8 |
Italy |
3 |
7 |
Switzerland |
3 |
6 |
Russia |
2 |
10 |
Poland |
2 |
10 |
Slovakia |
2 |
6 |
Portugal |
2 |
4 |
New Zealand |
2 |
3 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
6 |
Iceland |
1 |
5 |
Costa Rica |
1 |
5 |
Brazil |
1 |
3 |
Afghanistan |
1 |
2 |
Japan |
1 |
1 |
Belgium |
1 |
1 |
Bulgaria |
1 |
1 |
Hungary |
1 |
1 |
India |
1 |
1 |
Singapore |
1 |
1 |
Austria |
1 |
1 |
Bulgaria |
1 |
1 |
Malaysia |
1 |
1 |
What is the size of your organization?
SOHO (1 to 9 employees) |
48% |
Small business (10 to 99 employees) |
25% |
Medium business (100 to 999 employees) |
8% |
Enterprise (1000 to 4999 employees) |
2% |
Large enterprise (5000+) |
3% |
Government |
3% |
College/university |
10% |
K-12 |
0% |
Other, please specify |
2% |
For how many years has your organization been using WebObjects?
Less than 5 years |
22% |
5 to 9 years |
48% |
10 years and more |
30% |
17 organizations started using WO in the last two years.
Which versions of WebObjects does your organization use?
5.4.x |
77% |
5.3.x |
44% |
5.2.x |
15% |
5.1.x |
1% |
5.0.x |
0% |
4.5.x (Objective-C) |
4% |
4.5.x (Java) |
1% |
4.0.1 |
1% |
Only one organization is only using 4.5.x (Objective-C). Only five organizations are only using 5.2.x.
Which platforms are used at your organization/department to DEVELOP with WebObjects?
Mac OS X |
96% |
Windows |
16% |
Linux |
5% |
Other, please specify |
1% |
14 organizations have devs on both OS X and Windows, most of them also have devs on Linux.
Which platforms are used at your organization/department to DEPLOY WebObjects applications?
Mac OS X Server |
67% |
RedHat/Fedora/CentOS Linux |
35% |
Mac OS X "client" |
17% |
Windows |
13% |
Solaris |
11% |
FreeBSD |
5% |
Debian Linux |
5% |
Ubuntu Linux |
4% |
SuSE Linux |
3% |
HP Unix |
1% |
AIX |
1% |
Amazon Cloud - EC2 |
1% |
Which database systems does your organization use with WebObjects?
MySQL |
46% |
Oracle Database |
34% |
PostgreSQL |
30% |
FrontBase |
25% |
MS SQL Server |
11% |
OpenBase |
8% |
Sybase |
4% |
Derby |
2% |
h2 |
2% |
DB2 |
2% |
HSQLDB |
1% |
SAP MaxDB |
1% |
Filemaker |
1% |
PINK SQL |
1% |
EnterpriseDB |
1% |
If you are using commercial or free WebObjects frameworks not provided by Apple or your own, please specify which ones?
Wonder |
92% |
Houdah Frameworks |
13% |
PDFkit |
9% |
LEWOStuff |
7% |
GVC Frameworks |
5% |
WOX |
2% |
JBND |
2% |
Noxymo |
2% |
LISTedit |
1% |
LSkit |
0% |
WireHose |
1% |
Woof |
1% |
SVGObjects |
0% |
Cocktail Consortium |
0% |
Which IDEs your organization uses for WebObjects development?
Eclipse with WOLips |
94% |
Xcode |
19% |
Project Builder |
4% |
IntelliJ IDEA |
1% |
netbeans (java client) |
1% |
TextMate |
1% |
Only 9 organizations are not using Eclipse/WOLips at all.
Does your organization use JavaClient?
Yes |
8% |
No |
92% |
Does your organization use DirectToWeb?
Yes |
33% |
No |
67% |
Does your organization use Direct To Web Services?
Yes |
6% |
No |
94% |
Does your organization consume Web Services (SOAP, REST, or other) using WebObjects?
Yes |
52% |
No |
48% |
Does your organization provide Web Services (SOAP, REST, or other) using WebObjects?
Yes |
56% |
No |
44% |
Does your organization deploy WebObjects applications as part of a SOA infrastructure?
Yes |
22% |
No |
78% |
Does your organization use RIA technologies? If yes, which one(s)
AJAX (with Wonder) |
61% |
AJAX (without Wonder) |
26% |
Adobe Flex (without WOX) |
11% |
Adobe Flex (with WOX) |
3% |
GWT |
3% |
Cappuccino |
2% |
JavaFX |
1% |
Mozilla XUL |
1% |
Microsoft SilverLight |
0% |
OpenLaszlo |
0% |
Did your organization send WebObjects developers to WOWODC 2009 (either West or East)?
Yes, and we plan to send someone next year |
23% |
Yes, but we don't plan to attend it next year |
1% |
No, but we will send someone next year |
16% |
I don't know if our organization have sent someone |
1% |
No, for another reason |
55% |
I don't know what WOWODC is |
4% |
Does your organization mainly use WebObjects for internal projects or external customers?
Customers outside our organization |
29% |
Hosted products/services that we provide |
16% |
Both hosted products/services and customers outside our organization |
40% |
Internal use |
15% |
Is your organization considering dropping WebObjects because of the scarcity of WebObjects developers?
Yes |
9% |
No |
85% |
No, but it is a concern brought up from time to time |
1% |
We're moving allprojects to FOSS software where possible, it's still not clear how WO fits into that picture |
1% |
Not because of the lack of developers but the lack of training to give them |
1% |
Not yet but that becomes a hard reality |
1% |
Apple attitude |
1% |
Very Nervous |
1% |
Is WebObjects the primary Web (or Java desktop) development environnement at your organization?
Yes |
73% |
No |
27% |
Does your organization still use WebObjects for new projects?
Yes |
88% |
No |
7% |
For some projects |
5% |
Does your organization plan to stop, or already stopped, using WebObjects in the next 12 months?
No |
87% |
Yes |
6% |
Maybe |
8% |