On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Joa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Welcome to the industry. > Yep. And out the revolving door. Frankly and I believe that's the > bottom of the beef I have is that it was pitched as a DEVELOPER > challenge. Now we've got the big ole corps in the mix again. Wishful > thinking on my part, of course, deducted from the general devel- > oriented vibe at Google. I guess I'd have to admit - like some others > have expressed here as well - that I've read something into the ADC > that just wasn't there and on paper in fact was never promised.
Google has been fairly adroit at creating impressions. We have yet to see their strategy for changing the mobile ecosystem, which is the real problem here, not an open handset. You got a very small taste of that. It will get ten times worse. The sad fact is that Google doesn't own the mobile networks and so they don't call the shots. I do think Google's end goal is great, particularly for the end user; but I also have concerns that the developer community is being used as cannon fodder to try to break down the walls. We are entering a hostile environment, but an environment that has potential. If we stick together and push through this, and not get picked off one-by-one, we have a fighting chance. So keep at it, open-source or give it away if you have to. Shane > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to android-challenge@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
