>> Furthermore I'd probably lose my job over it, and I'd like to think that I contribute enough to Android that losing my job wouldn't be beneficial to Android as a whole (and it certainly wouldn't be beneficial to me, in more than one way).
Heard Google is pretty tight on employee blogs. You have done a great thing of engaging the community again. We would like you to be with Android and address our concerns as much as possible so it benefits Android as a whole. So please tell us only what you can, and we'll understand. On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 5:09 AM, JBQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm really not allowed to say anything concrete about the possibility > of an updated SDK at any point in the future. I'm left with two > options: say nothing at all, or try to say as much as I think can get > away with about other subjects, even if that doesn't answer the SDK > question, and even if I sometimes have to answer in an oblique way. > > Saying things I'm strictly not allowed to say wouldn't accomplish > anything positive: saying isn't doing, and even if I said something > there wouldn't be an SDK available. Furthermore I'd probably lose my > job over it, and I'd like to think that I contribute enough to Android > that losing my job wouldn't be beneficial to Android as a whole (and > it certainly wouldn't be beneficial to me, in more than one way). > > I'll try to answer a few of the questions that popped up, or to > clarify some of my earlier comments... > > About accelerating the untying or un-gagging: I don't know if there's > much to be done. We've been struggling in those restraints for months, > and no matter how much we try they don't seem to ever get any looser > (but at least they don't seem to be getting any tighter either). I'm > afraid that everyone (both engineers on the inside and developers on > the outside) will have to be patient. > > About the advocates: I have no reason to believe that at any point > they got gagged more than they already were. Overwhelmed, certainly. > Burnt out, possibly. I certainly don't envy their position, and my > hat's off to them. > > "We rant because we care" (slightly misquoted): very well said. I'll > reply "we listen and reply because we care". And in the end we all end > up within a heated discussion between people who care for exactly the > same thing, which is truly bizarre and sad. > > JBQ (Android Engineer) > > On Jul 11, 9:23 am, Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JBQ, we need an updated SDK. That's the original point of this post. > > Why dodge the main concern us developers are having now? > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:16 PM, JBQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > just-some-guy: is this a way of saying that we (Google Android team) > > > should continue to focus on making sure that devices can be available > > > as quickly as we possibly can? > > > > > JBQ (Android Engineer). > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
