I'm currently going through the hiring process for a Product Manager position at Google (possibly the Android one in London http://goo.gl/NsxlH), and transparency is an issue I raised as one of the main things I'd like to work on. The response I received back indicated a concern over competitors getting a heads up on what's coming in new Android versions which would allow them to develop equivalents and reduce the uniqueness of new features.
I did offer up that a line could be drawn between innovation and fixing known problems, but after spending a number of years in large companies during my career I can see how the delays of going through management, legal, etc. to ensure information is correctly categorised could end up with the information being out of date by the time it makes it into the wild, thus making it easier to just release nothing and save everyones time. Al. -- T: @alsutton W: www.funkyandroid.com 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. On 13 Aug 2011, at 17:35, Mike Wolfson wrote: > I do have to admit that my app does show up as related to other apps (which > was not the case 6 months ago). To me, that is probably more important for > me, and is an important improvement (and I do recognize this). > > I will post to the Android Market forum as you suggest Al. It is likely a > lot of other apps are effected similairly. > > I get why the Market developers are quiet on these forums (understanding they > need to avoid the kind of religious debates we tend to have here, non > disclosure, legal constraints, etc). I do think the team could, and should > do a more effective job of communication - especially announcements of > upgrades (which lately have included stats outages, and closed app update > windows). Communication to the Market users (us developers) has been > abismal. > > I would have to agree with the sentiment of other posters - if you are > relying on the Android Market as the sole venue to promote your app, you > likely will not be successful. Relying on the Market for anything right now > is not a great idea (since it is clearly evolving at a rapid pace, meaning it > is likely to remain "instable" for the immediate future). > > (Nathan - looking forward to exploring this discussion in person at AnDevCon) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/I-Q6hCEqUKMJ. > 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.
