Well, I go by "a man's got to know his limitations". If it gets to the point where Google, Inc. squeezes into "my" space, I'm out and spend my time on more sane pursuits. Maemo looks better every day...
On Aug 21, 2:23 pm, Maan Najjar <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally speaking, being independent developer is not an excuse for > failure, and Google is certainly not to blame. You can be an independent and > compete with the big guys. Users don't blindly choose an application that > have Google or Microsoft next to its name. It's innovation what measures > success, not the name. There are many success stories, Firefox vs IE, Apache > vs IIS, YouTube vs Google Videos (which tells us that you could end up being > bought by one of the big companies). It doesn't matter if you're team of 100 > developers or just one. Everyone knows the story of two guys from Stanford > behind a search engine called BackRub, look where they are now. > > If you are innovative and have skills, you should use your skills to compete > with the big guys. > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've said it before, Google developing apps for android (or just putting > > their name to apps their employees develop in their spare time) is probably > > one of the worst things they can do for the ecosystem. (you can see the > > original thread at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/8... > > ). > > > Sometimes I get the feeling that Google sees Android developers more as a > > source of unpaid help and ideas than seeing us as partners in trying to make > > Android a success. > > > With my AndAppStore hat on it also bugs me that they don't look to help > > non-Market app directories even though we're serving companies and groups > > they don't (i.e. the ones who can't get the Google stamp of approval), they > > don't list their apps on 3rd party directories, the copy protection system > > is not open to third parties use, and market benefits from using APIs only > > available to system apps, all of which make it extremely difficult for third > > parties of offer a comparable compatible solution. > > > Grrrr..... > > > Al. > > -- > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://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. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of RSTanvir > > Sent: 21 August 2009 08:00 > > To: Android Discuss > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Google Listen > > > yeah, > > thats really bad. > > > On Aug 21, 6:46 am, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At least they could let everybody know what they are working on so we > > > (independent devs) don't waste our time. > > > > On Aug 20, 5:43 pm, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 20, 1:52 pm, Matt Kanninen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > discuss > > > > > Bad for the ecosystem. > > > > What if an independent team was working on this, say for the App > > > > Challenge. They can basically fold. > > > > Chalk one more up going down. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
