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"But any increase in Mac and Linux development is surprising" I don't know about Linux, but the installed base for OSX/XCode just doubled in one year, with the
by demallien 18y ago
"But any increase in Mac and Linux development is surprising"
I don't know about Linux, but the installed base for OSX/XCode just doubled in one year, with the release of the iPhone platform. I am a Mac user since forever, but it was this major increase in the user base that finally encouraged me to get off my butt and get back into desktop app programming.
- notauser 18y agoThe plural of anecdote is not data, but in our engineering office there is only one iPhone (and it's owned by an accountant). There are a couple of hundred 3G nokia handsets though. In the UK the combination of no 3G and limited carrier/plan selection seems to have killed the iPhone off pretty well. I suspect the same is true of most other non-US countries where the carriers are much less dominant and good handsets, network portability and competitive pay as you use deals are well entrenched. On the other hand the number of Linux based devices is truly staggering. I can't find the reference at the moment but I believe that something like 300m embedded units were shipping a year. A million plus Eee 700 series devices alone were distributed. 10-15 million phones running Linux were shipped just in Asia(1) which should put iPhone sales of 2-3m in perspective. (1) http://linux.sys-con.com/read/182937.htm http://linux.sys-con.com/read/182937.htm
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoOver the last few years I've bought four embedded linux devices without even seeking it out. My two wireless routers have embedded linux. My HD-DVD player runs linux. So does my network-accessible hard drive. The OS really is making inroads.