I see it as a better long-term prospect to include all types of apps. If you only include open-source apps then you're limiting the field, and even if you only include free apps it'll re-enforce users views that all apps should be free which would not help anyone trying to establish a business around Android software.
I would mean that in the short term there would be some great free apps as people take a punt at getting revenue from a prize as opposed to getting revenue from sales, but, unless Google offer the prizes every month for the rest of Markets existance, it wouldn't help grow a sustainable application development community. Al. Mattaku Betsujin wrote: > What about only limiting to open-source apps? > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ivan Soto <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > If my application sells for like $.99 and the top seller is > selling around 600 to 1000 a month, a lot of developer would be > spending $1500 just to make themselves to the top. The price would > be more than that amount. > > Just a thought. > > I don't like that idea. I really prefer a challenge that favor > towards the quality and user friendly capabilities. > > my 2 cents. > > > Ivan Soto Fernandez > Web Developer > http://ivansotof.com > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dan Morrill <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > We have considered and are considering ideas along those > lines. That is *not* to say that that's what we are going to > do, so don't take it as confirmation. :) But yes, many > different structures are on the table. > > - Dan > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Al Sutton > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Dan, > > Thanks for the clarification. > > How about making the ADC II a set of awards which are > given to the best > selling apps in each category each month for the next > couple of years. > This would allow the Android user community to vote on > what is good for > them, give developers a reason to push their apps to the > limit of what > they can do, and allow Google to focus the prizes on > groups delivering > what people want. > > Just a thought. > > Al. > > Dan Morrill wrote: > > Oops. Looks like that page was collateral damage when > we did the move > > to developer.android.com <http://developer.android.com> > <http://developer.android.com>. We're > > looking into it; thanks for pointing it out. At any > rate the content > > that would be there refers only to the first Developer > Challenge. > > > > Regarding the second Developer Challenge, it definitely > isn't canceled > > but we haven't announced plans for it yet. We said we > would by last > > year (sorry about that), but we're still working on how > to structure > > it. The world is quite a bit different now than it was > when we ran > > the first ADC, so we want to make sure the new > rules/structure make > > sense, and we are of course taking into consideration > everyone's > > experiences with the first ADC. The second ADC will > definitely not be > > a clone of the first ADC. > > > > We expect to have all this finalized and announce rules > within a > > couple months. The event itself will likely run in the > second half of > > the year. > > > > - Dan > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Very very recently though. Googling for "android > developer challenge" > > still brings up the 404ed page as the top result. > > > > Al. > > > > Anonymous Anonymous wrote: > > > http://developer.android.com/ > > > try in here.. its moved i guess > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Eelke Folmer > > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > This ( http://code.google.com/android/adc.html > ) gives a > > 404 which is > > > weird for a google site. > > > Is this challenge cancelled? I hope not...... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it at > http://andappstore.com/ * > > > > ====== > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & > Wales with the > > company number 6741909. The registered head office > is Kemp House, > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the > author and not > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's > associates, or it's > > subsidiaries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at > http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales > with the > company number 6741909. 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