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Re:Ask PG: Is RFS3 "Things built on Twitter" still sensible ... by nutjob123 on Thursday August 02, 2012 @11:46PM (#4332425)
I don't understand why the market hasn't shifted to placing more importance on Android. Android has a significantly higher marketshare in the US and abroad it is almost 3 times as prevalent (59% to 23% according to IDC). Why would a startup with a mobile app want to limit themselves to two thirds less potential users? The only real argument I can understand is for paid apps which in some case studies have been shown to have higher revenues on ios.
Re:Ask PG: Is RFS3 "Things built on Twitter" still sensible ... by waterlesscloud on Thursday August 02, 2012 @11:49PM (#4332434)
Two things I can think of that may be factors, whether or not they make complete logical sense.

1. Fragmentation

2. Prevalence of Mac Book Pro as dev machines.

Re:Ask PG: Is RFS3 "Things built on Twitter" still sensible ... by nutjob123 on Friday August 03, 2012 @12:07AM (#4332478)
1. fragmentation is very real but not actually a problem and very manageable for 90% of apps.

2. The Android development sdk works just fine on Mac OS. I would argue that certain parts of the Eclipse+ADB combination are actually more developer friendly than Xcode.