BTW, I should have mentioned at the top of my previous reply that your list of points was generally well-put, if perhaps a bit rosy even for me (and I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy on the topic of Android). I only was commenting on a couple of items that I felt needed a bit of clarification.
sm1 wrote: > 1) Quebec: According to a gov official whose comments were in the > press, Google's position was no justified and showed a > misunderstanding of the law governing competition with prizes. *shrug* The expression "chilling effects" comes to mind. Just because it is possible to find ways to work within the Quebec laws regarding prize competitions does not necessarily mean it is worthwhile. > Comments by Italians on the net also showed that there was a lack of > details from Google concerning Italy. *another shrug* http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/city-of-milan-joins-google-suit/ If I and my staff were being sued by a country, I'd think twice about adding new legal exposure in said country. Obviously, if I were a citizen of Quebec or Italy, I'd probably be more irritated than I am sitting here in Pennsylvania... > 2) Tutorials: maybe I should have worded it a little differently. You > are correct that Google calls these 'tutorials' and thanks for > pointing that out, but they're not tutorials for me. They're badly > documented code examples. Fair enough. On the other hand, this is the sort of thing the community can solve, more easily than the community can solve, say, issues related to the operation of Android Market. > I also noticed that your helpful comments in the groups Mark are > making a significant contribution to positive design of Android open, > communal, helping-each-other, lets-build-these-technologies-together, > approach. I do what I can -- thanks! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
