By this logic, Adobe ColdFusion is taking the majority of the profits in the dyn...

noir_lord · on July 3, 2013

Yes and?

If you apply a set of criteria then that is the result.

The more interesting metric (though hard to quantify) is how much is earned with software.

nwilliams · on July 3, 2013

I don't think that's accurate. Do you have a reference?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/stewart/adobes-q1-financials-show-...

I would think ASP.NET/C# would make the most profits in the dynamic web language space.

bdcravens · on July 3, 2013

I guess I still think of C# as typed.

My point being that CF has a license, whereas Ruby and Python do not - which has little value in gauging success, a la IIS v Apache/nginx. (Ignoring the reality of open source Railo and Open BlueDragon for the moment)

steveklabnik · on July 4, 2013

Ruby and Python are strongly typed, but they're also dynamically typed. Certainly not untyped.

They also both have licenses, but they don't charge money to obtain a copy.

tttp · on July 3, 2013

Not to be pedantic, but I suppose you mean license as "you have to pay to use it". Both Apache and nginx have a (free software) licence.

bdcravens · on July 4, 2013

Yes, I meant "paid license" :-)