>If iOS is beating Android, why can't Windows Server be considered beating Linux by the same metric?
If you're going to talk about iOS vs Android, you should look at what Gruber says about iOS:
> The same company that runs the best and most popular app store (including the most successful handheld gaming platform), and whose media entertainment ecosystem has, by far, the best reach worldwide. The same company whose platform disproportionately dominates usage statistics.
He says iOS has the best and most popular source for third party software, an opinion supported by all of the iOS-first or iOS-only software that is out there (Vine is a recent example). The iTunes music, movie and TV stores reach many more people than any other store [1][2], giving iOS more of the market for these things by default. The disproportionate usage share suggests iOS is a more valuable target for apps, reinforcing the favorable position of Apple's App Store, and for advertising. Google makes more advertising money from iOS than Android [3].
As Gruber argues, it sure seems like iOS is winning in every metric except the number of devices being sold that use it.
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>If iOS is beating Android, why can't Windows Server be considered beating Linux by the same metric?
If you're going to talk about iOS vs Android, you should look at what Gruber says about iOS:
> The same company that runs the best and most popular app store (including the most successful handheld gaming platform), and whose media entertainment ecosystem has, by far, the best reach worldwide. The same company whose platform disproportionately dominates usage statistics.
He says iOS has the best and most popular source for third party software, an opinion supported by all of the iOS-first or iOS-only software that is out there (Vine is a recent example). The iTunes music, movie and TV stores reach many more people than any other store [1][2], giving iOS more of the market for these things by default. The disproportionate usage share suggests iOS is a more valuable target for apps, reinforcing the favorable position of Apple's App Store, and for advertising. Google makes more advertising money from iOS than Android [3].
As Gruber argues, it sure seems like iOS is winning in every metric except the number of devices being sold that use it.
[1] http://www.macstories.net/stories/mapping-the-entertainment-...
[2] http://www.macstories.net/news/mapping-the-entertainment-eco...
[3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/29/google-earn...