It is an interesting comparison for sure, but things are different for two reasons:<p>1) Software and related services will grow immensely over the next decade because of the &quot;cloud&quot;. Some of the growth will be same old, same old application logic software, but most of it will be data analysis software.<p>2) The language of choice for data analysis software is and will be R due to the biggest software companies (both #1 and #2, among many others) standing firmly behind it along with universities incorporating it in its curriculum, ditching SPSS and SAS.