There’s a survey report out that ranks the best Web 2.0 development platforms by the people who actually use them. The big surprise is that Microsoft tops the list of developer platforms with providers like Google, Amazon S3 and Yahoo trailing behind. In the same survey last year, Microsoft ranked last in some areas. Wonder what has changed so quickly?
The Survey BasicsCurious, we downloaded the report “Users’ Choice: Web 2.0 Developer Programs” from Evans Data Corp. The report is based on a survey of over 400 developers. It covers 7 companies’ capabilities in 13 categories.
The companies included: Microsoft (MSN/Windows Live), Facebook, Yahoo, Google, PayPal, Amazon and eBay. With the exception of Facebook, all providers were included in the same survey last year.
