> you don't understand, no one corporate is going to search your > arguably horrific app market to find a 3rd party knockoff brand > application to install on all their corporate phones to get exchange > to run.
Device manufacturers and carriers are welcome to license third-party Exchange components if they so choose. Exchange support does not necessarily need to be part of the operating system. > when companies go to shop for phones they're going to look at OFFICIAL > support and see "hey this one doesn't have native exchange support, > sorry lads back to your blackberries" Official support for handsets is provided by mobile carriers, or occasionally device manufacturers, not OS makers, in the markets that I am familiar with. > you will NEVER gain a foothold in the very large and lucrative > enterprise market if you don't support commonly accepted enterprise > applications "out of the box". You are welcome to contribute an Exchange connector to the project: http://source.android.com Please be certain that your implementation does not violate any Microsoft intellectual property. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
