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Which will be the biggest areas of software development in 2011?   [Edit]

Survey period: 3 Jan 2011 to 10 Jan 2011

Break out the crystal balls.

OptionVotes% 
Smartphone development38564.17
Tablet and related development21135.17
Cloud development24340.50
Parallelism / multi-core programming / GPU programming17228.67
Games7913.17
Eco-friendly and power conserving software559.17
Alternatives to relational databases437.17
Consumer electronics (GPS, TVs, your fridge...)559.17
Suing each other over software patent infringements8213.67
Other203.33
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (27 answers)


 
GeneralRe: Smart phone and cloud development.... Pin
Gandalf_TheWhite4-Jan-11 0:21
professionalGandalf_TheWhite4-Jan-11 0:21 
GeneralRe: Smart phone and cloud development.... Pin
ShilpiP4-Jan-11 18:54
ShilpiP4-Jan-11 18:54 
GeneralRe: Smart phone and cloud development.... Pin
Ravi Sant6-Jan-11 0:19
Ravi Sant6-Jan-11 0:19 
GeneralRe: Smart phone and cloud development.... Pin
ShilpiP6-Jan-11 18:21
ShilpiP6-Jan-11 18:21 
GeneralRe: Smart phone and cloud development.... Pin
47_MasoN_476-Jan-11 10:07
professional47_MasoN_476-Jan-11 10:07 
GeneralRe: Smart phone and cloud development.... Pin
ShilpiP6-Jan-11 18:23
ShilpiP6-Jan-11 18:23 
GeneralGPU Programming ...Way to go!! Pin
GPUToaster™2-Jan-11 18:08
GPUToaster™2-Jan-11 18:08 
QuestionRe: GPU Programming ...Way to go!! Pin
megaadam2-Jan-11 23:56
professionalmegaadam2-Jan-11 23:56 
I am trying to bring myself to have a go at CUDA. But being a spare-time project, there is a bit of threshold. The NVDIA docs appear to make it fairly easy, but still... I will need to take a really deep breath before jumping in.

Any other other ideas for "CUDA for dummies" ?
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Life is too shor

AnswerRe: GPU Programming ...Way to go!! [modified] Pin
GPUToaster™3-Jan-11 0:30
GPUToaster™3-Jan-11 0:30 
GeneralRe: GPU Programming ...Way to go!! Pin
Kevin Drzycimski3-Jan-11 8:40
Kevin Drzycimski3-Jan-11 8:40 

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