I think there is only one developer with multiple personalities connected to Google's massive server farm via neuroprosthetics. :-)
Al Sutton wrote: > > True, but it's always fun to speculate. > > > > Things to remember; > > > > 1) A *lot* of the code comes from 3rd parties. Look at the number of > platform/external objects in Gitweb to get an idea of how much isn't > written by them. > > > > 2) The development time has already been years. Google acquired > Android Inc. in July 2005 and at that time they were already working > on software for mobiles. That would give them 2 years at Google on top > of what they had done before. > > > > 3) I've seen teams of decent coders write a lot of code in a year, and > given Googles recruitment process I doubt they're hiring too many > novice coders. > > > > Mikes right, without looking in to the box you can't tell the exact > correct answer, but from previous experiences you can get an idea of > what's in the box from the noises it makes and the things that come > out of it. > > > > Al. > > > > --- > > * 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. > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *mike quinn > *Sent:* 18 May 2009 16:31 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [android-discuss] Re: How many Google engineers working on > Android? > > > > Whoa, Schrodingers Cat springs to mind > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Schrodinger+Erwin > > Al is both right and wrong as are you Mike. Without the ability to > look into the Google box all states are correct, so any further > disussion is pointless. > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Mike Hearn <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > You're assuming that every developer working on Android posts to these > forums. That's a bad assumption. As to the size of the Android team, > the codebase is many millions of lines long. Do you really think a > team of 5-10 people could produce such a giant codebase? That's way > off base. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
