Some of the Google staff do read and respond on some of the more technical Android mailing lists, but I suspect it's the usual corporate situation of the information we'd like being covered by an NDA or not being finalised enough for them to make a reliable comment.
Apart from that it's sometimes better to let the conversation run without interfering just to see where the community takes it as opposed to steering it in a specific direction. Al. On 19 Jan 2011, at 21:11, String wrote: > I've always been puzzled by the lack of official Google developer-relations > folks on the forums here. There are a handful of platform devs who volunteer > an impressive amount of time (we all know who they are), and some brief > appearances from others when something new is released, but beyond that... > crickets. > > Android HAS developer advocates - count the number of Android mentions at > http://code.google.com/team/ - and I've met a few of them at events. But for > whatever reason, none of them are assigned to the forums, despite the good > will that would foster. Weird. It's not how Google treats their other major > APIs - just Android, which is arguably now the most major of them all. > > String > > -- > 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. -- 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.
