Technical software

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Technical software developers are showing a trend toward using wizards to simplify common tasks and increased use of visualization in their programs. Although Linux and 64-bit applications have edged their way into the market, most developers are hesitant to abandon the Windows standard in the absence of a clear trend toward other platforms. Programming languages are becoming more portable with each new generation. Fortran 2002, C/C++, Java, and Visual Basic are the most popular languages, and add-on products are making them increasingly compatible with each other.

Strategy & planning, Management, Industry trend, Programming language, Programming languages, Computer programming, Software development/engineering, Software engineering, Vertical market software

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Linux's challenge to Unix: open-source software, widely seen as threatening to the most popular proprietary systems, may not be so threatening after all

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Linux's growth has mostly come not from eroding Microsoft's market for W indows but from taking market share from proprietary Unixes. However, proprietary Unixes will probably survive because many end-user applications run on the Unix platform.

Market share, Economic aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Growth, Company market share, Open source software, Linux (Operating system), Company growth, UNIX, 64-bit operating system, 32-bit operating system

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Math and science software

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Mathematics and scientific software is in for a brutal buffeting in the five years following 1998. Many of the engineers and scientists using software will be thinking about the Year 2000 problem and trying to be sure it does not affect them. The Internet is changing the way math and scientific software works and has become a way to distribute software, sometimes without charge. Its big value is communicating ideas and research. Prices are coming down for science software because scientists/engineers don't want to pay $50,000 for software to run on a $3000 PC. That puts pressure on high-end software vendors. Computing by voice, because of technical improvements and lower prices, will be interesting for CAD in science as time goes by. Fortran is experiencing a renaissance because it works well for the kinds of problems scientists/engineers want to use software for, and CAD software is attracting them because of lower cost and more 3-D modeling capability. An office suite tailored for this sector would be welcome. Companies discussed include MathSoft, Intergraph, Sun Microsystems, NWP Associates, AutoDesk, WRQ, Cobalt Blue, Research Systems, Absoft, Compaq Computer, Bentley Systems, Dragon Systems, Lernout and Hauspie Speech Products, Dassault Systems, Hewlett Packard, Grimmer Logicels, Unistat, Unigraphics Solutions, Waterloo Maple (Canada), Wolfram Research, StatSoft, Interactive Image Technologies, Design Science, Decisioneering, International Microcomputer Software, Visualogic, Visio Technical, Visual Numerics, MathWorks, Fortner Software, SPSS and Microcal.

General services, Product information, Scientific Research and Development Services, Science, Research & Development, Planning, Software, Engineering, Research, Computer-aided design, Computer aided design, Mathematical software

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