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Gartner Says Application Development Is a $9 Billion Industry

Posted by timothy on from the give-or-take-59-cents dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Although not as lucrative as video games or movies, Gartner projects the software application development industry will pass the US$9 Billion mark this year. They credit 'evolving software delivery models, new development methodologies, emerging mobile application development, and open source software.' Also in the report is a projection that 'mobile application development projects targeting smartphones and tablets will outnumber native PC projects by a ratio of 4:1 by 2015.'"

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  1. Is that all? by viperidaenz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My backwater country spends hundreds of millions every year on enterprise software development (which is guess is a part of application development?).With only $145M GDP and 4.4M people, how can we be a significant (significant being measured in %, not ppm) part of the worldwide market?

  2. Really ... Gartner?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is Gartner: "saying what we're paid to say for over 20 years." Why is anything they say on slashdot?