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Survey: Developers Love Social Networks
By Darryl K. Taft

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Application developers are flocking to social networks, according to a recent Evans Data survey. Surveyed developers chose Microsoft as having the best Website for developers with Sun as second-best and Google and IBM tying for third.

According to a recent Evans Data survey, developers are flocking to social networks.

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The Evans Data survey of more than 400 developers showed that 75 percent of the developers belong to at least one social network and two-thirds belong to multiple networks. Evans Data released its Developer Relations Program Annual Survey on April 3.

The Evans survey results indicate that developers are much more likely to belong to social networks than the general population, when compared with a recent Pew Research Center study that showed that 35 percent of adult Internet users have a profile on a social network.

"This latest research shows that developers are like most active Internet users in terms of having a very healthy interest in social networks," said John Andrews, president and CEO of Evans Data. "Consistent with this the primary motivation for joining a social network is the desire to locate old friends and the need for general communications."

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