针对是为苹果（Apple）的iOS操作系统还是为谷歌（Google）的Android操作系统开发应用程序更明智这一话题，联合广场风险投资公司（Union Square Ventures）的弗雷德•威尔森与Instapaper的马尔科•阿门特于上周末进行了一番辩论。紧接着，贝尔德公司的威廉姆•鲍尔斯在本周一公布了一份由250位开发人员参与的调研结果。

    身为一名风险投资家，威尔森一直建议开发人员先为Android开发应用程序，而且他预言iPhone与Android之间的竞争终将成为Windows与Macintosh之争的翻版。

    而开发人员出身的阿门特则对这个建议不以为然。他认为Android的市场份额增加可能并不属实，特别是考虑到iPad的兴起。另外，他指出谷歌的操作系统作为一个开发环境存在严重缺陷。

    贝尔德公司的调研结果显示，开发人员已采纳威尔森的建议。71%的调查对象表示他们已经在为Android开发应用程序，而选择为iOS开发应用程序的仅占62%（为其他任何平台开发应用程序的受访者比例均不超过27%）。

    但调研同时显示，为Android开发应用的程序员发现，该系统生态环境恰如阿门特预示的那样存在风险。

    其中，显著存在的问题包括：

    ·移动设备分散。56%的Android开发人员表示，Android各款移动设备间的操作系统分散性是一个严重或“重大”的问题，而对这一劣势的投诉比例实际上在过去的三个月有所上升。

    ·应用商店分化。一些开发人员对Android应用商店的分化现象表示出忧虑。贝尔德公司的调研报告指出，“一般来说，开发人员更偏好统一独立的应用商店，诸如苹果的应用商店。”

    ·应用开发难度大。在这方面，iOS性能优于Android，但与RIM公司的黑莓（BlackBerry）操作系统或诺基亚（Nokia）的Symbian相比，为iOS和Android开发应用要简单得多。

    ·应用曝光率低。贝尔德公司的调研报告指出，“iOS继续保持行业领先地位，黑莓紧随其后，而Android在这一方面仍然处于劣势。”开发人员对于Android生态系统中的“垃圾”应用程序数量尤其担心。

    ·获得收入的情况。iOS在此方面同样领先，黑莓则位居其次。

    On the heels of the debate played out over the weekend between Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson and Instapaper's Marco Arment about whether it's wiser to be writing apps for Apple's (AAPL) iOS or Google's (GOOG) Android come the results a survey of 250 working developers released Monday by Baird's William Powers.

    Wilson, a venture capitalist, has been advising developers to write first for Android, predicting that the iPhone vs. Android battle will turn out to be a replay of Windows vs. Macintosh.

    Arment, a developer, thinks that's bad advice. He believes Android's market share gains may be illusory -- especially when the rise of the iPad is taken into account -- and that as a development environment, Google's OS has serious shortcomings.

    Baird's survey suggests that developers have taken Wilson's advice. 71% of respondents said they were writing apps for Android vs. 62% for iOS. (None of the other platforms drew more than 27%.)

    But the survey also suggests that programmers writing for Android are finding the ecosystem to be every bit as perilous as Arment predicted.

    Among the problems that surfaced:

    •Device fragmentation.56% of Android developers said that operating system fragmentation among the various Android devices was a meaningful or "huge" problem, a percentage that actually increased over the past three months.

    •Store fragmentation.Several developers expressed concern over Android app store fragmentation. "Generally," Baird reports, "developers seem to prefer a unified, single store experience like Apple's App Store."

    •Ease of development.iOS outscored Android, but both were considered far easier to develop for than, say, Research in Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry OS or Nokia (NOK) Symbian.

    •App visibility."iOS continues to lead," Baird reports, "followed by Blackberry, with Android still receiving poor marks in this category." Developers are particularly concerned about the level of "junk" apps in the Android ecosystem.

    •Ability to get paid.iOS leads here too, followed by BlackBerry.