2009/6/6 Sean Hodges <[email protected]>: > I'm not sure of the point of your argument, are you concerned that root > access is supressed on carrier-distributed phones? Or are you complaining > about the lack of VPN support? Or perhaps you have something to say about > the openness of the platform? > > If you want to avoid being attacked and thought of as a troll, split up your > topics and use a more constructive dialog, instead of broadly stating the > whole platform is rubbish simply because it fails to satisfy some of your > requirements. Or alternatively, switch to a phone/platform that does exactly > what you want.
Huh? I can see exactly what he is saying. "Why is an important component like a VPN client missing from android?" Surely its a simple question? It's ok to answer the question with, "sorry I don't know why there is no VPN client for android" thats fine isn't it? > > On Jun 6, 2009 12:47 PM, "Stephan von Krawczynski" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:01:00 -0400 Disconnect <[email protected]> > wrote: > Almost any of them... > > Maybe we should leave the flames around minor topics around my primary > critics. If you re-read my first posting you will find out that I am not > asking for a rooted phone in the first place. My argument is this: a phone > like G1 should have vpn (and should have some smartness as a phone). > Lets assume someone wants to do a vpn app. It's really of no use to do that > _only_ for rooted phones - that is no interesting market. > On the other hand it really looks like it cannot be done from a third party > for non-rooted phones (can you change the routing table as non-root?). Now, > who is to blame for that? > > -- > > Regards, Stephan > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
