Fourth Eclipse Adoption Study
November 2007

(With comparisons to the 2004, 2005 and 2007 studies.)

Methodology

An e-mail was sent out to 30,000 randomly selected SD Times subscribers inviting them to participate in a study. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 28,985. The purpose was to ascertain their plans to use Eclipse-based technology and Eclipse plug-ins. The study was e-mailed on November 21, 2007, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on December 1, 2007. 968 subscribers, or 3.3% of the respondents, completed the survey, although not all of them answered every question.

An offer to be entered into a drawing to win a choice of choice of three MP3 music
players: an Apple iPod nano, a Microsoft Zune, or a Creative Labs Zen V+ was asked as an incentive to complete the survey.

BZ Research designed, conducted and tabulated the study. BZ Research is a division of BZ Media, publisher of SD Times.

Table of Contents

Question 1. Do the developers within your organization use Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools?
Question 2. Which version(s) of Eclipse are you using?
Question 3. How long have you been using Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools and technologies?
Question 4. What type of software are you (or your organization) developing using Eclipse-based tools and technologies?
Question 5. What are you (or your organization's) plans for using Eclipse-based tools and technologies in the next 12 months, relative to your current usage?
Question 6. Which commercial Eclipse-based IDEs are you using?
Question 7. If your organization is not currently using Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools, when do you expect to do so?
Question 8. Do you have any comments about your reasons for using Eclipse, or for not using Eclipse?
Question 9. What types of applications are you or your team building with Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools?
Question 10. Do you have any comments about the types of applications that you're building with Eclipse, or with Eclipse-based tools?
Question 11. If you use Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools, why do you use it?
Question 12. Are you and your team currently using Eclipse plug-ins?
Question 13. If you or your team is using Eclipse plug-ins, how many are you using?
Question 14. If you or your team are using Eclipse plug-ins, are they commercial or open source?
Question 15a. What types of Eclipse plug-ins are you currently using or expect to be using in the next 12 months?
Question 15b. What types of Eclipse plug-ins are you currently using or expect to be using in the next 12 months? Difference Between 2007 & 2006
Question 16. Have you written or are you writing/considering writing any Eclipse plug-ins or extensions?
Question 17. Do you have any comments about your experiences with Eclipse plug-ins — good, bad or otherwise?
Question 18. Do you (or does your organization) require that new development tools be Eclipse-based or Eclipse-compatible?
Question 19. Do you or your team members participate in any Eclipse projects?
Question 20. Do you have any comments about your involvement with the Eclipse Foundation, or your experiences with contributing to its projects?
Question 21. Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used by your organization, and which do you expect will be used within the next 12 months?
Question 22. What is your company's interest/involvement in the Rich Client Platform?
Question 23. Do you have any comments about your experiences with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform?
Question 24. Which tools frameworks are currently in use within your organization?
Question 25. How many developers are in your organization?
Question 26. Where do you live?
Question 27a. Have you heard of any of the following companies? Listed in order of awareness
Question 27b. Have you heard of any of the following companies? Listed in alphabetical order
Question 28. Any final comments about Eclipse?

Study #2352 costs US$1,495 without verbatims, or $1,795 with verbatims.