Boone, NC
I currently handle the IT support for a large local business. Although I use Windows everyday, you will find I try to use Linux and open source software anytime I can. I use Linux at home on several RPI2 devices and computers. I dabble in audio still but IoT has become a passion of mine recently. I am currently studying for The Linux Foundation System Administrator certification.
When I am not working on computers or IoT devices, you will find me outside on my family farm. Yes, you heard right. I love spending time with my wife and children on the farm. They are the reason I do what I do everyday.
You can usually find mind on LinkedIn. Send me an email any time.
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"b) widely used this year, regardless of other criteria like latest release or activity of the project's developers. "
To me that is the key of what Jen was trying to point out. Thunderbird is a lost cause yet is still being used today-and it's open source. It's common sense that even though the project is dead, it is still being used today. Look at COBOL---still in use today and nothing in today's age is supporting it yet it is still popular with certain companies. Poor journalism? ---then you didn't get the point of the article. Just because the project is dead doesn't mean it isn't widely used in 2015.
You would actually be right. My mentor would agree that although the dead languages are not being devolved for new projects, they are however a hot item. COBOL developers are still in high demand, even in 2015. Look, I am still very new in the open source world, let alone Linux, but I do understand what is still being used in the field today. It is like the GUI or Command Line for interfaces... Command-line is old school but guess what....still being used today.
Another way I can explain this.... carburetors vs. fuel injection. Fuel injection is the new technology but you still see carburetors being sold and even reviews on them. Still in use today.
Don't down an article just because it's about what is in use today just because it isn't the newest and greatest.