Eclipse Foundation Brand Survey STUDY IN BRAND PERCEPTION | 2017
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Executive Summary • Changes observed in since 2010: 10% increase in recognition of Eclipse as a collaborative community of individuals, working groups, projects and services. 6% increase in recognition of Eclipse as a Java IDE. 10% decrease in recognition of Eclipse as an IDE for many languages.
• C-Level’s, Managers and Team Leads have a stronger understanding that the term “Eclipse” refers to a community (113 respondents). • Developers predominantly perceive “Eclipse” as a product (568 respondents). • Location does not have a staggering effect on the overall brand recognition. • Members Companies strongly understand the definition of Eclipse.
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Introduction ● ● ● ● ●
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The objective of this survey is to assess ‘Eclipse’ brand perception with the community Survey duration: March 20, 2017 to April 29, 2017. 1129 individuals participated in the survey. The survey was promoted on social media, on the company websites and through partners, most notably BSI (Business Systems Integration AG) and Yolande Poirier at Oracle. The survey was featured at three events in 2017: ○ Devoxx US ○ JavaLand ○ Devoxx France Special thanks to Matthias Zimmerman for spearheading this project!
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Introduction ●
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Three audiences are reported in the survey: ○ Java Developers, 175 Respondents: data collected at JavaLand and using the Java Twitter ID ; ○ Eclipse Community, 570 Respondents: data collected on social media, at Devoxx US, on the company website, and in the Eclipse Newsletter; ○ Aggregate Pool, 1129 Respondents: combining the two audiences (Eclipse + Java), additional data was collected through JAXenter, Devoxx France, YouTube, LinkedIn on the Java Twitter account and in the Devoxx Newsletter. A similar survey that tested the ‘Eclipse’ brand perception was conducted in 2010. Results are available below: ○ Open Source Developer Survey 2010
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Demographics
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Location Asia/Pacific, 6.5
Middle East/Africa, 2.9
Latin America, 6.6
North America , 16.1
Europe, 67.9
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Role of Respondents What best describes your role? Other
7.0
C-Level
2.2
Team Lead/Manager
10.2
Architect
18.0
Sr Developer
33.7
Developer
28.8
0
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30
40
%
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Company Size >5000
23.6
501-4999
14.8
50-500
27.6
1-49
34.0
0
10
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30
40
%
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Years of Experience How many years have you been using technology from the Eclipse community? Don't Use Eclipse
2.2
Use Eclipse in the past, but not now
5.0
6+ Years
66.9
3-6 Years
14.3
1-3 Years
9.2
Less Than A Year
2.4
0
10
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30
40
50
60
70
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Members of the Eclipse Foundation Yes 15%
Don't Know 11%
No 74%
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Perceptions of Open Source Foundations
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Participation in Open Source Communities What best describes your participation in the open source community?
Do not participate in open source
9.3
Active Committer/Developer
24.7
Active User
51.8
Casual User
14.2
0.0
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10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
% 50.0
60.0
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Java Community - Participation in Open Source Communities What best describes your participation in the open source community?
Do Not Participate in Open Source
22.3
Active Committer/Developer
19.4
Java Community
37.1
Active User
21.1
Casual User
0.0
10.0
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20.0
30.0
40.0
%
”22% of the Java Community does not participate in Open Source.”
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Importance of an Open Source Foundation When you decide to use a particular open source project, how important is it that the project is associated with an open source foundation?
Important
38.0
Neutral
45.7
Not Important
16.3
0
10
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40
50
%
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Java Community – Importance of an Open Source Foundation When you decide to use a particular open source project, how important is it that the project is associated with an open source foundation?
38.0
Aggregate
Important
45.7 16.3
Neutral 19.9
Java Community
Not Important
57.1 23.0
0
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“The Java Community is significantly less interested in project association to an Open Source Foundation.”
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Unaided Brand Recall: Ranking Open Source Foundations Which open source foundations do you think are the most important? (Please specify) %
90 80 70
78.8
74.4
73.2
“The Apache Foundation is perceived as most importance across all communities.”
77.3
66.0
60 50 40
36.6
31.8
35.6
30 15.9
20 10 0 Aggregate Results
Java Community Apache
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Eclipse Community Linux 16
Aided Brand Recall: Ranking Open Source Foundations
Aggregate Results
How important are each of the following open source foundations to you? 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
“The results on the right demonstrate respondent indifference.“
Apache Foundation
Eclipse Foundation
Free Software Foundation
Linux Foundation
Open Stack Foundation
Cloud Foundry Foundation
Not Important
2.28
4.22
9.39
5.29
27.5
40.36
Cloud Native Computing Foundation 41.66
Neutral
10.6
16.32
36.62
19.33
50.41
47.81
47.93
44.56
Important
87.12
79.45
54
75.37
22.09
11.83
10.41
23.63
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Node.js Foundation 31.81
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Benefits of Open Source Foundations How do you rank the benefits of open source foundations for open source projects? (% of weighted average of aggregate results) Quality of Software
4.62
Sense of Community
4.46
Vendor-Neutral Ownership
4.4
Strength of IP Protection
4.38
Suitability for Commercial Adoption
4.28
Explicit Governance Model
4.03 3.6
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4
4.2
4.4
4.6
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Perceptions of the Eclipse Community
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What is Eclipse? Which statement best reflects your perception of Eclipse? (Select one)
%
35 30.2
Eclipse is a Java IDE
30 25.5
25
22.63
20.68 21.17 19.1
20 15
Eclipse is an IDE for different lanaguage
Eclipse is a platform for integrating development tools
15.2
14.6
13
12.41
10
Eclipse is a collection of open source projects Eclipse is an open soure community of projects and WGs…
5 0 2010
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Java vs Eclipse Community: What is Eclipse? Which statement best reflects your perception of Eclipse? (Select one) 35
Eclipse is a Java IDE
31.6
30 26.1
25
Eclipse is a platform for integrating development tools
22.8 20.1
20
20.7
Eclipse is a collection of open source projects
17.8 15.8
15
12.3
Eclipse is an IDE for different lanaguage
12.4
Eclipse is an open soure community of projects and WGs…
10.5
10 “The Java Community widely perceives Eclipse as a Java IDE; the Eclipse Community understand the community definition.”
5 0 Java Community
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Eclipse Community 21
Brand Recognition vs. Membership Do our members have a better understanding of what “Eclipse” is?
%
45
41.6
Eclipse is a Java IDE
40 35
Eclipse is an IDE for different lanaguage
30 25
23.13
21.6
20.97
20 15 10
19.8 17.8
14.4
14.31 12
Eclipse is a platform for integrating development tools Eclipse is a collection of open source projects Eclipse is an open soure community of projects and WGs…
5.6
5 0 Members
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Non-Members 22
Brand Recognition vs. Role How does an employee’s role impact brand recognition?
%
35 30.93
30 25 20 15
Eclipse is a Java IDE 23.66
24.85
24.74
Eclipse is an IDE for different lanaguage 19.59 17.89
Eclipse is a platform for integrating development tools
16.5 13.12
12.37
11.34
10
Eclipse is a collection of open source projects Eclipse is an open soure community of projects and WGs…
5 0 Developers
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Management
C-Levels and Managers have a better understanding of what “Eclipse” is, and recognize that it’s a community. Developers predominantly perceive Eclipse to mean “an IDE for different languages”.
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Brand Recognition vs. Location Does location have an impact on brand recognition?
% 25
22.72 21.47
20
19.14
22.46
22.46
Eclipse is a Java IDE
20.21 18.12 16.67
15
12.88
Eclipse is an IDE for different lanaguage 13.04
Eclipse is a platform for integrating development tools
10
Eclipse is a collection of open source projects
5
Eclipse is an open soure community of projects and WGs…
0
Europe
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North America
24
Value of Services Provided by the Foundation Which services provided by the Eclipse Foundation make Eclipse projects more valuable to you as a user or adopter? (aggregate results) 49.9
Eclipse Public Licence (EPL) Vendor Neutrality
48.8
Community Development
48.0 37.1
Yearly Simlutaneous Release Train IP Management
28.8
Provided IT Infrastructure
22.8
Conference and Events
20.1
Governance Model
20.0
Marketing of Eclipse Projects
19.3
Association with the Eclipse Brand
16.9 0
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60 25
Knowledge of Eclipse Technology (How would you rank your knowledge of the following Eclipse technology categories?) % Weighted Average Score Eclipse Java IDE
4.24 3.07
Java EE Tools Other Eclipse Desktop Tools
2.66 2.61
Eclipse Platform and Eclipse RCP Runtimes
2.44
Modeling Tools
2.22
Cloud Development Tools
1.58
IoT
1.55
Eclipse Science
1.25
PolarSys
1.22
LocationTech
1.19 0
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1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
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Awareness of Eclipse Working Groups How would you rank your awareness of the following Eclipse Working Groups? Eclipse IoT
1.88 1.81
Eclipse Long-Term Support Eclipse Papyrus IC
1.45 1.43
Eclipse Science PolarSys
1.35 1.33
LocationTech Eclipse openMDM
1.27 1.23
Eclipse openPASS 0
0.2
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0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
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