Don't forget the venerable RPG. It has put several generations thru college and is preparing yet another.


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Today, the 2 main development technologies are dotnet and java. I would assume that they would also be the majority techs used in anything behind the scenes.

Or maybe LAMP, or Cobol for banking stuff? But if you look at the Wikipedia reference I gave, perhaps you'll agree that technology is not the focus at all. That's the point.

The rest of your post seems to be separate from what I posted. I'm referring to Cloud/SaaS; you're describing the bespoke development market that has been the norm for a very long time, just as the horse and cart was the norm for a very long time until that dastardly Henry Ford interfered. ;-)

Just to show I can see both sides of the story: check out http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/05/01.html ;-)