[Info-vax] Taking a break - Open Source on OpenVMS Conference Calls Resume

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/4/2022 1:01 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 8:33:33 PM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 7/3/2022 4:29 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>>> On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 9:56:51 AM UTC-5, John Dallman wrote:
>>>> In article <4ae4de33-ba0d-403a... at googlegroups.com>,
>>>> rol... at logikalsolutions.com (seasoned_geek) wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know, but it was quite a few. They had a lot of developers
>>> that knew nothing so they loved QML. If you are getting a phone app
>>> for Ford or one of the other major American automotive brands you are
>>> getting a Qt app because Ford standardized on it for both the
>>> infotainment system any any apps they ship. An exact number I don't
>>> know.
>> Both Android and iOS apps are counted in millions.
>>
>> The most common for Android is Kotlin and Java. The most common for
>> iOS is Swift and Objective-C. Because that is what Google and
>> Apple pushes.
>>
>> Next tier is stuff like PhoneGap/Cordova and Xamarin/MAUI.
>>
>> Qt is niche.
> 
> Seems like an awful lot of phone app developers, especially those who
> develop cross platform phone apps are hanging out in the qt-interest
> list for your assessment to be valid.
If they can hang out on a mail list then they are niche.

(phone app developers are counted in hundreds of thousands)

Arne