>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.?
It means that there is the potential of making hundreds of millions of dollars! The guy that started this thread may be one of the whiners. On May 7, 12:06 am, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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