That's not what I'm arguing ... if you ask me which one I rather develop on, outside of what is the best business solution, I'm going to pick the environment that is more accessible to me.
Of course you have a bigger audience with "iOS", but that doesn't equate to me enjoying or willingly wanting to use Objective C ... quite the contrary ... On Jan 7, 11:21 am, phil swenson <phil.swen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Simple. There is more money in iOS than the others. Both in the job > market or independent. > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Augusto Sellhorn > > > > > > > > <augusto.sellh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That makes a lot of sense to me. > > > The Blackberry development environment is more accessible to me, I can > > use Windows, Linux or even Mac. > > > Even the Windows Phone environment is more accessible, since I don't > > have a Mac. Last time I checked, there's still more people with > > Windows machines and "Windows" developers than Mac ones, so it makes > > perfect sense that they're not looking forward to develop in an > > environment that is not available to them. > > > The whole thing about only being able to develop iPhone and iPad apps > > on Macs makes little sense from a development point of view, so I > > don't know why anybody would be looking forward to it ... unless they > > have to (no choice). > > > On Jan 6, 6:17 pm, phil swenson <phil.swen...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> *the survey (whopping 336 respondents!) found more developer interest > >> for Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry than for iPhone. Really? Does > >> anyone really think that is representative? Peter make a good point > >> as the respondents had to pick only one. I think it's a worthless > >> survey. > > >> *Their market share #s (from IDC) are way off of what every one else > >> is reporting. > > >> For > >> example:http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/apple-leads-smartph... > > >> 2011 is going to be very interesting. I predict two clear winners > >> will emerge: iOs and Android. Apple will roll iPhone out for Verizon > >> (and maybe more carriers), launch an iPhone 5, continue to dominate > >> with the iPad. Android will continue to do well worldwide, although I > >> think iPhone on Verizon + AT&T will outsell Android in the US. > >> Windows Phone 7 is too late. Blackberry is stuck on BB6 and won't be > >> able to figure out how to migrate to QNX until it's too late. Nokia? > >> They should have gone android. Legacy will kill them. > > >> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Peter <peterrec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > It doesn't seem like a landslide to me. If you combine iThings you > >> > get 28% vs android's 29%. > >> > The percentages add up to 100, which implies the survey may have > >> > forced you to choose only one option, and is therefore silly in my > >> > view. Despite Steve's crusade against cross platform apps, I suspect > >> > many developers create both android and iDevice versions of their > >> > apps. > > >> > On Jan 6, 10:06 am, Blanford <euroscript...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Twenty-nine percent of the 336 publisher and developer respondents > >> >> also indicated they will be creating apps for the Android operating > >> >> system this year. Windows Phone 7 and the iPad tied for second place, > >> >> grabbing 20% of the respondents’ interest. RIM took fourth with 12%, > >> >> while the iPhone trailed in fifth with 8% of developer and publisher > >> >> interest. However, according to the survey, the iPhone reigned supreme > >> >> in 2010 with 30% of the respondents developing for it. Twenty-three > >> >> percent indicated developing for Android last year. > > >> >>http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=35133&utm_sourc...) > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "The Java Posse" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
