Mark Murphy wrote:
> Al Sutton wrote:
>   
>> Totally agree about not having time for everything, but I see a big 
>> difference between including additional features like camera zooming 
>> because there wasn't time, and not providing an API to functionality in 
>> use by bundled apps because there wasn't time. Coding new features takes 
>> time, providing an API to existing features isn't anywhere near as 
>> difficult.
>>     
>
> Just because there's no time for icebergs doesn't imply there's time for 
> ice cubes.
>
>   

But if you've said you're bag of ice cubes will be open, and you have 
you're bag in your hand, you really should open it up.

>> True, but for the OTA release to be bundled and scheduled these bugs 
>> were found before the release to the public and before the source become 
>> public, so it would appear the G1 was loaded with a "work in progress" 
>> (dare I say beta quality) version of Android.
>>     
>
> The G1 is always loaded with a "work in progress" version of Android. 
> Just as the PC I'm typing on now is running a "work in progress" version 
> of Ubuntu, and the netbook to my left is running a "work in something 
> resembling progress and wouldn't you really rather be running Vista?" 
> version of Windows XP.
>
> Heck, I can only hope that bugs are found, fixed, and released for 
> Android with the frequency that they are for Ubuntu and Windows.
>
>   
Imho there's a world of difference between patching an edge cases which 
may cause problems in some situations and having to send out a patch 
because you forgot to cater for underscores in filenames.


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