I think you missed my point. I don't believe everything should be in the hands of non-technical consumers, but I do believe in making apps publicly available for testing by anyone who wants to.
If you believe the consumer realm isn't the place for Alphas or Betas then I'm surprised your getting involved with Android given Google have already admitted that their marketplace will be in beta at launch and on every G1 sold. I've been involved in ISO 9001 certification processes in my time, and the end result tended to slow productivity, hamper innovation, or, more commonly, end up with a procedure manual that was mainly used as a doorstop. Al. JP wrote: > > On Oct 10, 5:24 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Putting "Alpha" or "Beta" isn't the only way to describe a products state. >> > > Well that wasn't exactly my point. To the consumer, it either works, > or it doesn't. The former state is the customer expectation, and > that's what a quality conscious vendor will aim to provide. > Not to sound preachy... there is a space for Alpha and Beta releases, > but the consumer realm isn't one of them. You're selling a toss-up to > them. I am completely with those who advise against such practices. > (Got to, in my real job I've taken a small shop through ISO 9001 > certification last year) > Having said that - in another post, we've heard that, sorry, Google > has no influence over the hardware and other offerings. Not to sound > cynical, this makes me wonder if there's any leadership in the OHA, or > if they all (T-Mobile, HTC...) just push around plastic ducks in > their individual backyard pools, thinking that'll get them eight > Olympic medals one day... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
