Is Data Mining a Mature Field?

Poll

*Is data mining and knowledge discovery a mature* or emerging field? [172 votes total]**
Mature field: expect small research advances and steady demand for applications without great growth (22)	13%
in between: expect some research breaktroughs, but big growth in applications (91)	53%
Emerging field: expect many research breakthroughs and big growth in applications (59)	34%