Mike, The first sentence in his first email asked that question, but throughout the rest of the thread he also packs in a lot of criticism that is off-topic and invites negative responses.
I don't know why there is no VPN client, I presume the reason is similar to why there is no Exchange/ActiveSync/Flash/<add your favourite missing feature here> support right now: resource shortage, politics, and/or money. My point is that he won't get ANY helpful answers if he continues to make back-handed comments like: "If you want to sell phones you should have thought about the nature of phone numbers and why they may contain "*" and "#" and what implications that has on sending text messages". If you think this is an acceptable way to present yourself on a public list then feel free to engage him in discussion about how you don't know why a VPN client is not currently supplied with the Android platform. On 6/6/09, Mike Dent <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
