On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:16 AM, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Muthu: >> >> trust but verify is actually an old Russian adage that Reagan picked >> from Gorby, and Russian culture apparently picked it from some obscure >> Latin source... > > Ah, the good old days. Now back to figuring out how and why the Chinese > keep hacking my computer... > > Shane > The good old days.. How we miss that? Now friendship, love, breakups, charity and war etc., seem to happen only Online! > >> >> YA >> >> On Jul 4, 4:35 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Its frustrating for all the early developers and the small companies who >> got >> > on board early. They feel they have been suddenly dropped deep in the >> ocean, >> > with a promise that a lifeboat is coming to help soon. >> > >> > All those who are caught in that situation can only hope and pray now. >> > >> > Someone said (Reagan?) >> > >> > Trust but Verify. >> > >> > We trust Google with Android. Hope they can live up to this. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Anil wrote: >> > > > But the truth is, Android is effectively dead. >> > >> > > Your attitude is reminiscent of slimy Wall Street analysts who nail >> > > businesses to the wall for "missing" a quarter's "projections". Any >> > > business or open source endeavor worth pursuing, like Android, is a >> > > marathon, not a sprint. Saying Android is "dead" before devices are >> even >> > > available is so premature it's sad. >> > >> > > Look at it this way: At this time in the iPhone's development, few >> > > people outside One Infinite Loop even knew of its existence, since >> they >> > > didn't announce the project until the device was ready for sale. >> > > Compared to Apple, OHA has been a case study in transparency. >> > >> > > And Apple has seemed to do OK, at least on hardware sales, despite >> their >> > > clammed-up nature. Hence, keeping one's mouth shut does not seem to >> > > preclude success in the mobile marketplace. Therefore, the fact that >> OHA >> > > is "running silent" right now is not necessarily a death knell. >> > >> > > Does it suck, from our standpoint? Sure. We were wowed by the early >> > > transparency and open-source-ness and have therefore raised our >> > > expectations. But by the standards of the mobile world, our >> expectations >> > > are downright loony. The fact that our expectations are even >> conceivable >> > > is a testament to the transparency we do have, not a tombstone atop >> the >> > > transparency we don't. >> > >> > > Now, compared to other open source projects, even corporate-backed >> ones, >> > > the level of transparency since the early days has been dreadful. But >> > > Eclipse, OpenOffice.org, and even Mozilla had rocky beginnings, with >> > > large quantities of code tossed over the wall with little structured >> > > support. They eventually turned the corner and have become solid open >> > > source citizens, if not better. >> > >> > > In other words: patience, grasshopper. >> > >> > > -- >> > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> > >http://commonsware.com >> > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ -- Available Now! >> > >> > -- >> > take care, >> > Muthu Ramadoss. >> > >> > http://cookingcapsules.com- nourish your droid.http://mobeegal.in- find >> stuff closer. >> >> >> >> -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://cookingcapsules.com - nourish your droid. http://mobeegal.in - find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
