What about only limiting to open-source apps?

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ivan Soto <ivanso...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If my application sells for like $.99 and the top seller is selling around
> 600 to 1000 a month, a lot of developer would be spending $1500 just to make
> themselves to the top. The price would be more than that amount.
> Just a thought.
>
> I don't like that idea. I really prefer a challenge that favor towards the
> quality and user friendly capabilities.
>
> my 2 cents.
>
>
> Ivan Soto Fernandez
> Web Developer
> http://ivansotof.com
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dan Morrill <morri...@google.com> wrote:
>
>> We have considered and are considering ideas along those lines.  That is
>> *not* to say that that's what we are going to do, so don't take it as
>> confirmation. :)  But yes, many different structures are on the table.
>> - Dan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the clarification.
>>>
>>> How about making the ADC II a set of awards which are given to the best
>>> selling apps in each category each month for the next couple of years.
>>> This would allow the Android user community to vote on what is good for
>>> them, give developers a reason to push their apps to the limit of what
>>> they can do, and allow Google to focus the prizes on groups delivering
>>> what people want.
>>>
>>> Just a thought.
>>>
>>> Al.
>>>
>>> Dan Morrill wrote:
>>> > Oops.  Looks like that page was collateral damage when we did the move
>>> > to developer.android.com <http://developer.android.com>.  We're
>>> > looking into it; thanks for pointing it out.  At any rate the content
>>> > that would be there refers only to the first Developer Challenge.
>>> >
>>> > Regarding the second Developer Challenge, it definitely isn't canceled
>>> > but we haven't announced plans for it yet.  We said we would by last
>>> > year (sorry about that), but we're still working on how to structure
>>> > it.  The world is quite a bit different now than it was when we ran
>>> > the first ADC, so we want to make sure the new rules/structure make
>>> > sense, and we are of course taking into consideration everyone's
>>> > experiences with the first ADC.  The second ADC will definitely not be
>>> > a clone of the first ADC.
>>> >
>>> > We expect to have all this finalized and announce rules within a
>>> > couple months.  The event itself will likely run in the second half of
>>> > the year.
>>> >
>>> > - Dan
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com
>>> > <mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >     Very very recently though. Googling for "android developer
>>> challenge"
>>> >     still brings up the 404ed page as the top result.
>>> >
>>> >     Al.
>>> >
>>> >     Anonymous Anonymous wrote:
>>> >     > http://developer.android.com/
>>> >     > try in here.. its moved i guess
>>> >     >
>>> >     > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Eelke Folmer
>>> >     <eelke.fol...@gmail.com <mailto:eelke.fol...@gmail.com>
>>> >     > <mailto:eelke.fol...@gmail.com <mailto:eelke.fol...@gmail.com>>>
>>> >     wrote:
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     This ( http://code.google.com/android/adc.html )  gives a
>>> >     404 which is
>>> >     >     weird for a google site.
>>> >     >     Is this challenge cancelled? I hope not......
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >     > >
>>> >
>>> >
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