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Developers See Google's Android Operating System Surpassing Apple's
A majority of developers believe Google's Android operating system—not Apple's iOS—will be the dominant platform in the future to power everything from smartphones to touch-screen refrigerators, according to a survey released today.
While independent software writers are enthusiastic about creating apps for Apple's iOS mobile operating system, and see it as the most financially viable platform now, they view Android as the long-term winner in terms of market share.
Seventy-two percent of developers say Android "is best positioned to power a large number and variety of connected devices in the future"—while only 25 percent said iOS will rule the new device world, according to a survey of nearly 2,400 app developers from around the world conducted by Mountain View-based Appcelerator, which makes software development tools, and research firm IDC.
From San Jose Mercury News
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