Apple vs Android in the Enterprise

[Richard Gaskin]

Chipp Walters wrote:
...
> So, of course Apple wants another 300 bucks, what's new. You don't get to be
> the richest company in the US by not being greedy, and certainly developers
> are a good source of revenue. OK, fine. Now, first thing it turns out you
> also need, is a D&B rating (Dunn & Bradstreet) and they can give you that
> for another $500. Thankfully, our small company has been in business long
> enough to know D&B ratings are necessary and we already have one.
>
> Next, Apple's asking to fax them our Articles of Incorporation. So, I sent
> them copies, but they can't validate them because they can't see the seal
> well enough in the copies. So, now we need to send them other legal
> documents-- they'll forward me a list of what ELSE they will need. We're now
> past 30 days into this and they tell me we're in the 'middle' of the process
> and can't tell me when they will anoint us with their blessings of an
> Enterprise license. Who knows, when, if ever, that will be.
>
> The more I work as an Apple developer, the more frustrating it becomes.
> Their penchant for making things as difficult as possible just never stops.

Perhaps you found the simplifying solution in your opening:

    ...and for Android we'll need..hmmm. zippo.
    Just build and deploy on Android (sweet!)

;)

> If only Google can get things better together on the Android side of things.

Given that for nearly every person who chooses iOS two choose Android, 
it looks like it's off to a reasonably good start:

    Google's Android operating system (OS) continued to dominate
    U.S. smartphone market share, accounting for 52 percent of
    units sold in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011. Like Android,
    Apple's iPhone OS (iOS) experienced slight quarterly gain
    rising to 29 percent in Q2.
<http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_110822a.html>

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