Open source development tools like MySQL, Eclipse, PHP or JBoss are now adopted by many software development organizations. Our last poll examined how the quality of open source tools is perceived against their commercial competitors. We conducted a similar poll twice in the past and it is interesting to compare the results.
Open source versus commercial tools
2008
2006
2004
Same quality
31%
38%
32%
There is no easy answer to this question
25%
22%
24%
Superior in quality
21%
20%
26%
Inferior in quality
12%
12%
13%
I do not use open source tools
6%
6%
4%
I do not use commercial tools
3%
2%
1%
Participants
913
524
312
Source: Methods & Tools
We can see that the results have not changed ...
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