On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:14 AM, trickybit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Jun 11, 9:38 am, "Mark Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The difference is that OHA is doing this in a relatively > > open fashion, so we're seeing the sausage being made, vs. the > > cloak-and-dagger iPhone development. > > I guess the downside is that we're seeing people frustrated in the > sausaging. Particularly, when it is the early adoptor's limbs and any loosly dangling appendages which are being fed into the grinder. Shane > > > > > > > Are there any Palm developers driving Bentleys? > > > > Maybe that just ain't how they roll, yo. > > > > ;-) > > He he. OK, then, maybe there are some who can pay for their gas fill- > ups of whatever they drive from their royalty checks. > > > > For those of us who can no longer afford to work solely for pizza and > > > glory, is this "open revolution," whichever company drives it, going > > > to result in real opportunities for developers? > > > > For independent developers aiming exclusively for the Android, probably > > not many will "make it rich", but the same holds true for any mobile > > platform. > > I guess it depends on our goals... I'd like to have one, hack one, and > also make a living in the "new" mobile space, with the carrier- > sphincter loosened up, and a chance to bring innovation to a viable > market. I don't care which handsets or SDK, particularly. I can make > pretty good stuff in J2ME, too, but the ecosystem needs "evolution." > > I think we're hoping Google brings that. Apple is bringing it, > without much openness. I'll take open distribution, even if it has no > open "source." > > > Now, eventually, the whole "mobile device as platform" mindset will hit > > the mainstream vs. just power users. > > Not if the carriers keep their grip on the mainstream. > > > At that point, there could be as many > > rich independent developers for Android as there are for, say, the Mac. > > Haha, and people call *me* snide. > > Thanks, Mark, > Jim > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
