> I'm really having a tough time understanding the complacency of the > general > Android community. There has never been openness of a mobile platform > before > and it doesn't happen by ignoring what are obviously bad signs. The stakes > in this are enormous for the developer.
To play devil's advocate, though, the likely worst-case scenario is that Android is incrementally more open than Windows Mobile and Symbian with (for me at least) a better development framework. All of those are still more open than iPhone, for example, what with their model of "your app must be blessed by a guy in a black turtleneck (emitting a reality distortion field), or else it won't exist". That may be sufficient openness for a lot of people who tune into these lists. Just because a number of people would like something more open than that -- in line with the openness that Google/OHA have indicated is coming, in time -- doesn't mean that *everyone* needs it to be happy with Android. I'm more concerned with how recent events will affect Google/OHA's ability to cultivate a developer community than I am about the openness of the platform itself, per se. But, that's just me. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development -- coming in June 2008! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
