1) It forces Apple to compete for developer mindshare, improving our lot.
2) It provides an open platform that we can begin to support (and possibly migrate most of our mobile development to).
The OS and APIs aren't as nice, but being able to use most JVM-compatible languages is a big win. I've been holding my breath for a while, hoping that Android would gain traction and we could alleviate some of our reliance on Apple's draconian platform. It sounds like this is now happening.
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As an iPhone developer, I desperately want it:
1) It forces Apple to compete for developer mindshare, improving our lot.
2) It provides an open platform that we can begin to support (and possibly migrate most of our mobile development to).
The OS and APIs aren't as nice, but being able to use most JVM-compatible languages is a big win. I've been holding my breath for a while, hoping that Android would gain traction and we could alleviate some of our reliance on Apple's draconian platform. It sounds like this is now happening.