Poll Result: Java Store/Warehouse Are Finding Early Adopters

The results of the java.net poll suggest that the Java Store and Java Warehouse are in an "early adopter" phase... The results of the java.net poll suggest that the Java Store and Java Warehouse are in an "early adopter" phase, where there is interest and participation by a smallish group of innovators, with a larger group of people watching and waiting. The poll actually ran twice: one week on the previous java.net infrastructure and one week on the new infrastructure. The results were pretty similar in both instances of the poll. Here, I'm reporting numbers from the second instance. The poll question and results were: Do you plan to start using the Java Store and Java Warehouse? 2% (3 votes) - Yes, I've already submitted software 9% (12 votes) - Yes, it's a great way to distribute software 5% (7 voters) - Yes, I'll probably get softwre through the store 12% (16 votes) - I'm waiting to see if it catches on 26% (35 votes) - Not until Linux is supported 28% (37 votes) - No 18% (24 votes) - I don't know; other Combining some of the categories, we find that 16% of the votes were cast for some kind of "Yes" answer; 38% of the votes represent people who are watching and waiting; meanwhile, 28% are already certain they will not use the store and warehouse; and 18% either don't know if they'll use it, or they have a different ...

Date: August, 28 2009
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2009/08/28/poll-result-java-storewarehouse-are-finding-early-adopters

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