Well said Mark. I don't disagree that some things could be better and in fact, over the last 6 months, a lot of things have gotten better. If you are serious about this, then approach it differently. Speak to the wonderful things you want the Android ecosystem to be and how to get there reasonably. Simply shouting out demands sounds more like a hostage situation, which in this case is laughable at best, rather than a union.
-- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > In response, I am forming a Union of Android Developers. > > This statement indicates that this is all about you. > > > The demands > > are laid out here: http://www.andevuni.org/ > > Which, since you created the Union, means that these are *your* demands. > > And so on. > > If you were actually serious about creating such an organization, the > organization would have a mission above and beyond issuing demands > (e.g., improve the quality of apps and app distribution). > > If you were actually serious about creating such an organization, you > would have started with more than just you as a one-man steering > committee, to work out an organizational structure, come up with a > plan for setting up some actual cooperative or non-profit, etc. > > If you were actually serious about creating such an organization, the > organization would recruit members based upon that broader mission and > other benefits for joining (e.g., access to insurance pools), with the > organization doing positive work to engender good will with the > broader Android ecosystem, the technology sphere in general, and users > (e.g., open source components to help with a consistent UI/UX across > apps, promoting documented malware warnings arising from alternative > markets, creating tools to help users better understand the security > ramifications of the apps they install). > > If you were actually serious about creating such an organization, the > organization would get big, get popular, *then* get noisy about > "demands", when you have the numbers and the reputation. > > Of course, if you were actually serious about creating such an > organization, you would have a last name. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android 3.0 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books > > -- > 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
