Just found this on Forbes. Not saying I agree, just food for thought and very relevant to mobile app developers like us.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/darcytravlos/2012/08/22/five-reasons-why-google-android-versus-apple-ios-market-share-numbers-dont-matter/ Bob On Oct 10, 2012, at 9:26 AM, stephen barncard wrote: > Android is the market dominator now. > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > >> It begs the question, what if the Android had come out in some usable form >> (the first ones were pigs) well before Apple had released the iPhone? Who >> would be the market dominator then? People often back the product they >> bought to the hilt, simply and for no other reason than, it was the product >> they bought. Often times the first vendor whose product gets deployed in >> large numbers is the winner. >> >> Look at DOS and subsequent Windows iterations over the years. No one could >> really argue that Windows 1.0 was the best OS in terms of usability, or >> even that DOS was the better OS over the basic Mac os back then, and yet >> Windows dominated the business market. Why? Because MS was in the business >> market well before Apple, because they had already purchased the MS >> product, and they were not about to allow anyone to even imply that it was >> not the best decision that could be made. People are funny creatures. :-) >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Oct 10, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: >> >>> Thanks Richard and Guglielmo, >>> we just HAVE TO love the apple world :) >>> I wonder how long they still can keep their restricted policy, while the >>> market goes on. But up to now their success doesn't need any changes. >>> Tiemo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
