size of XQuery developer community

[Daniela Florescu]

Google searches aren't that interesting anymore. Most people go to  
Wikipedia
when they try to learn about some general term (like XQuery), isn't it ?

Anybody knows how to get such statistics from them ?

Thanks, best regards
Dana









On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Paul Agbetile wrote:

> I'm guilty of a generalisation. I'd assumed an ecosystem of  
> languages under which I felt XQuery would naturally find a home to  
> work in conjuction with. i.e Java, xpath, C#. These have seen a  
> slump. However I must admit some of these like Perl had begun a  
> slump long before the downturn.
>
> I do find LINQ a curious case.
> I can only assume Microsoft's tentacles with its developer SDK and  
> the attraction to gold partners are so far reaching it has provided  
> it free publicity which is why it has bucked the trend.
>
> With Cloud computing also being one of those things that appears in  
> every IT magazine that lands on an IT managers desk (thanks in part  
> large to advertising budgets by virtualisation companies) I'm sure  
> this lead to google hits. I also know a few people who probably  
> think they should know what it is in case ever discussed in a meeting.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if during a downturn companies still spent  
> on applications that relate more to multimedia and advertising such  
> as Adobe AIR than core ETL type development.
>
> On 27 Aug 2009, at 17:23, Ken North <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> wrote:
>
>>>> I am not sure google trends at present is a good indicator of  
>>>> XQuery's uptake as searches across all major programming  
>>>> languages has slumped over the past 12 - 18 months. Personally I  
>>>> am more inclined to link this to the current economic downturn...
>>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> Both LINQ and cloud computing show a steady increase in the number  
>> of searches from 2007-2009. For LINQ searches, English ranked as  
>> the seventh language.
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=LINQ%2C+%22cloud+computing%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>>
>> SaaS is up slightly in 2007-2009 versus 2004-2005.
>>
>> XQuery versus Grails and Adobe AIR
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=XQuery%2C+%22Adobe+AIR%22%2C+Grails&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=1
>>
>> The number of searches for LINQ is an upward trend, along with some  
>> framework and platform-related searches.
>>
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