A survey by Evans Data of more than 400 developers and IT managers in North America found that the number of developers targeting Windows for their applications declined by 12% from a year ago, while Linux development rose by 34%.
However, Windows development still forms the majority of the market at 64.8%, and Linux development only accounts for 11.8%. PCAdvisor reports that this is expected to rise to 16% of the market over the next 12 months. Evans Data said the shift away from Windows began about two years ago and is accelerating as open-source software matures.
A Microsoft representative said yesterday no-one was available from the company to comment on the Evans Data report.
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