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BSD isn't Linux. Android uses the Linux kernel, but not iOS. I'm not sure which dominates, though

• barbs 12y ago
  In numbers, I'm pretty sure Android dominated (can't remember the exact numbers but Google should reveal them for you). In revenue (app-sales etc) iOS dominates.
  • shmerl 12y ago
    > In revenue (app-sales etc) iOS dominates. Who made such research? I'm not sure if it's even possible to know exactly, unless all vendors who run their own stores publish sales statistics.
    • TheSoftwareGuy 12y ago
      >unless all vendors who run their own stores publish sales statistics. They do, thats one of those things that companies that are traded publicly are required to do.
      • shmerl 12y ago
        Are all companies which have such stores traded publicly? I don't see a direct connection between these two aspects. For instance, in China there are various Android markets and I'm not sure all of them belong to publicly traded companies.
      • nl 12y ago
        That's untrue. Publicly traded companies are required to disclose revenue, but not required to break it down by source. Neither Apple or Google break out the revenue from the *Stores (unless they have started doing it very recently). There are third party analytics firms that provide reasonable estimates though[1]. [1] eg http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/23/google-play-quarterly-app-revenue-more-than-doubled-over-past-year-thanks-to-games-freemium-apps/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/23/google-play-quarterly-app-r...