I used Google Trends to compare popularity of Linux distributions,window
managers, MTAs ,anti spam softwares,mail suites,programming
languages,database servers and web servers
The results I got were quite surprising e.g.
a) Postfix is fast overtaking sendmail as the leading MTA.Though we all
know sendmail sucks ,it still is packaged a default MTA in many Red Hat
based distros.
b) Microsoft and other commercial products are beaten hands down by
their open source counterparts.
See for yourself.
1) Linux Distributions
ubuntu vs debian vs suse vs fedora vs gentoo
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2Cdebian%2Csuse%2Cfedora%2Cgentoo&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
2) Window Managers
gnome vs kde vs xfce vs fluxbox
http://www.google.com/trends?q=gnome%2Ckde%2Cxfce%2Cfluxbox&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
3) MTAs
postfix vs sendmail vs microsoft exchange vs qmail vs exim
http://www.google.com/trends?q=postfix%2Csendmail%2Cmicrosoft+exchange%2Cqmail%2Cexim&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
4) Antispam Softwares
spamassassin vs dspam vs brightmail vs vipuls razor
http://www.google.com/trends?q=spamassassin%2Cdspam%2Cbrightmail%2Cvipuls+razor&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
5) Web mail/suites
horde vs microsoft exchange vs squirrelmail vs zimbra vs roundcube
http://www.google.com/trends?q=horde%2Cmicrosoft+exchange%2Csquirrelmail%2Czimbra%2Croundcube&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
6) Web Servers
apache vs iis vs tomcat
http://www.google.com/trends?q=apache%2Ciis%2Ctomcat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
7) Database servers
oracle vs mysql vs sql server vs postgresql
http://www.google.com/trends?q=oracle%2Cmysql%2Csql+server%2Cpostgresql&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
8) Programming Languages
java vs c vs php vs perl vs c#
http://www.google.com/trends?q=c%2Cphp%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cperl%2Cpython&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
Reference :
http://sharjeelsayed.blogspot.com/2006/11/popular-products-compared-using-google.html
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Sharjeel
http://www.sharjeel.net
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