Right on pal! I agree with you.
On May 7, 12:01 am, tberthel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You all need to stop giving Google a hard time. Do you realize what
> opening up the network will mean to everyone in the U.S.?
>
> If you are going to give someone a hard time complain about someone
> that supports closed networks.
>
> BTW. All competitions are fishing for winners.
>
> On May 6, 10:05 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > >3) Participants who fail to win in round 1 stand to lose even more.
> > >When you made your submission you agreed that if Google
> > >or any of the Judges developed your idea you had no recourse.
> > >What if Google/Judges never had the idea before you submitted it?
> > >Had not yet visualized it on the Android platform before the
> > >entries were submitted? Do you think you can get your idea to
> > >market faster than the multi-billion dollar Google juggernaut?
> > >In it's most perverse form isn't it all really a way for Google
> > >to potentially get 1700+ original ideas for which they only
> > >need to pay for 50?
>
> > I would say yes in some cases. I worked for a multi-billion dollar
> > corporation and projects were always late mainly because of internal
> > politics, turf fights, incompetence, and lack of passion. Many of us
> > here are driven by pure passion, and I think that is what makes all
> > the difference. Even if they beat us to market that doesn't mean they
> > will win. youtube was started after google's own video site was
> > already in the process of being created and yet youtube kicked their
> > asses. See, this is proof that just because you are big that doesn't
> > mean that you will win.
>
> > On May 6, 10:38 pm, Google Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Is the Android Challenge legit or an elaborate form of phishing,
> > > or even an outright scam of sorts?
>
> > > It seems that the challenge has a few glaring problems:
> > > 1) The rules favor teams and/or individuals with financial
> > > backing or resources.
>
> > > The Challenge is scored in 4 areas. I suggest that Originality
> > > and Indispensibility are areas that favor contributors equally
> > > whether they are poor individuals or well funded teams.
> > > However "Effective Use of the Android Platform" and
> > > "Polish and Appeal" penalize those with limited financial
> > > resources. These qualities require more time to implement
> > > thereby favoring those who could spend more time on the
> > > challenge than those who responded to the challenge
> > > in the "Willy Wonka" spirit (believing all had a chance)
> > > and had to work on the challenge in their spare time.
>
> > > 2) Google discontinued support for the Challenge users
> > > while continuing to support OHA and other stakeholders
> > > (e.g., device manufacturers, MIT) thereby marginalizing/
> > > under supporting the Challenge members.
>
> > > Using the Android platform, which
> > > despite being Linux and Java, is no picnic or walk in the park.
> > > The processing model is *different* (and I'll question it's necessity
> > > on a Linux platform in another post), the SDK has bugs, the
> > > documentation has inconsistencies (e.g., look at the various
> > > places where TableLayout and table row are documented),
> > > pieces of the SDK were missing (e.g., BT, etc.) and so on.
> > > And while independents were toiling away trying to slog through
> > > the Android'isms and bugs, Google was actively supporting members
> > > of the OHA (are they really on the same SDK version as we are?)
> > > Are all submitters *really* isolated from those who had more
> > > inside information? Access to the source?
>
> > > 3) Participants who fail to win in round 1 stand to lose even more.
>
> > > When you made your submission you agreed that if Google
> > > or any of the Judges developed your idea you had no recourse.
> > > What if Google/Judges never had the idea before you submitted it?
> > > Had not yet visualized it on the Android platform before the
> > > entries were submitted? Do you think you can get your idea to
> > > market faster than the multi-billion dollar Google juggernaut?
> > > In it's most perverse form isn't it all really a way for Google
> > > to potentially get 1700+ original ideas for which they only
> > > need to pay for 50?
>
> > > /GW
>
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