http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/tags/SQL/Ruby/trends/default.aspxTags: SQL, Ruby, trendsenCommunityServer 2007 (Build: 20416.853)http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2007/01/17/Q406-computer-books-sales.aspxWed, 17 Jan 2007 18:16:00 GMT0a97a1d1-9921-457b-8bd7-ce5530d7bd45:15564alexbarnett2http://alexbarnett.net/blog/commentapi.aspx?PostID=15564http://alexbarnett.net/blog/archive/2007/01/17/Q406-computer-books-sales.aspx#comments<p>Tim O&#39;Reilly has posted the <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/01/state_of_the_co_3.html">second part of the Q406 computer books sales report</a>, comparing Q4 2006 with Q4 2005. This is for top selling computer-related books sales in the US, not just O&#39;Reilly titles. Always interesting as an indicator of trends.</p><p>Here the highlights for me...The following compares Q4 2006&nbsp;to Q4 2005:</p><ul><li>Overall &#39;computer&#39; book sales up 4%</li><li>Databases category up 6% (I can&#39;t see the detailed breakdown in the enterprise db space other than SQL Server is up and Oracle is down - hope Tim provides an update on this later)</li><li>Programming languages: Java down 14%, &#39;.NET languages&#39; up 34%, Ruby up 53%, Python up 37%, Perl down 23%, </li><li>Web design and development category up 7%</li><li>Ajax up 55%, Rails up 43%</li><li>Business apps category down 8%: &#39;crm general&#39; up 256%, collaboration down 23%, Sharepoint down 24% (Sharepoint Server 2007 coming)</li><li>Windows XP down 33% (Vista effect I suspect...)</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://alexbarnett.net/blog/aggbug.aspx?PostID=15564" width="1" height="1">.NETAjaxDevMicrosoftRubySQLtrendsWeb