The Remarkable Stability Of The Computing Industry In The Face Of Waves Of Significant Change

This image is a chart graph with percentages in the Y-axis (10-100 by increments of 10) and years in the X-axis (1990-2002 in increments of 2 years). Inside the chart there are different computing applications, models, and languages with percentages and years attributed to them, indicated by two-way arrows (pointing left and right). Above the arrow is a line with dots charting percentage and progress throughout the years. There are no labels associated with the line.

The following are approximations based on the graphic representations.

OO Programming - 1990 thru 1993, 40%
Client/Server - 1990 thru early 1993, 60%
HTTP, HTML - mid-1993 thru 1996, 10%
Subscription Models - early 1994 thru end of 1998, 30%
N-Tiered Architecture - late 1995 thru late 1999, 70%
Virtual Machines - 1996 thru early 1998, 40%
ASP - early 1996 thru 1999, 5%
XML Web Services - 1998 thru end of 1999, 55%

The line starts charting the progress about 1993 at 100%. The line keeps steady thru 1996 and dips slightly (to approximately 98%) in 1997. It dips again to approximately 95% in 1999, to 90% in 2000, to 80% in 2001, and goes back up slightly in 2002 to approximately 83%.

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