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SDK Shoot Out, Android Vs. IPhone
snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister delves into the Android and iPhone SDKs to help sort out which will be the best bet for developers now that technical details of the first Android smartphone have been announced. Whereas the iPhone requires an Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5.4 or later, ADC membership, and familiarity with proprietary Mac OS X dev tools, the standard IDE for Android is Eclipse. And because most tasks can be performed with command-line tools, you can expert third parties to develop Android SDK plug-ins for other IDEs. Objective-C, used almost nowhere outside Apple, is required for iPhone UI development, while app-level Android programming is done in Java. 'By just about any measure, Google's Android is more open and developer-friendly than the iPhone,' McAllister writes, noting Apple's gag order restrictions on documentation, proprietary software requirements to view training videos, and right to reject your finished app from the sole distribution channel for iPhone. This openness is, of course, essential to Android's prospects. 'Based on raw market share alone, the iPhone seems likely to remain the smartphone developer's platform of choice — especially when ISVs can translate that market share into application sales,' McAllister writes. 'Sound familiar? In this race, Apple is taking a page from Microsoft's book, while Google looks suspiciously like Linux.'"
what we need is a discussion on whether ladies should shave their beaver bald, or leave a little bit of hair (runway strip, squirrel tail, or hitler style).
Any chance of a world day without apple being mentioned ?
Linux! Linux! Linux! Linux! Linux! Linux! Linux! Linux!
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Which should be obvious given that they're using GNU/Linux.
You sir are a troll.
Either that or you live in a delusional world where Al Gore really did invent the internet, John McCain gets royalties from RIM for his work to make the blackberry possible and the famous Linus Tovalds sound bite is him saying "GNU/Linux is pronounced GNU/Linux".
They won't admit it but the GNU project probably owes about as much to Linux and Linux does to it. If it wasn't for Linux we could have ended up with BSD like open source being more dominant and the GNU project moldering for lack of developer time and a release of the hurd that is worth developing for. And how do they repay linux, they fanatically try to re-brand it and change their license to fix problems with Linux usage that the main developers of linux don't think is a problem.
So they can shut up about how you should call Linux GNU/Linux. I mean by their logic at this point most people should be calling it Mozilla-Gnome-Sun-Gnu/Linux.
I know, in some circles it's cool to listen what RMS and his Open Hardware Foundation say. (Oops I forgot that they call their foundation the Free Software Foundation even though they are more concerned with opening hardware for end user development then actually getting good free software). But you should think critically. When you hear them talk you should be able to spot where they are being inconsistent and not perpetuate any such stupidity. It's just like how you don't necessary pay attention to the political beliefs of actors or singers, even though you might admire their acting or singing.