I approach this one as a cynic. If people are trying to put themselves in the development loop it can only be because, in the long run, they want to extract revenue from it.
I'd be reading the terms and conditions extremely carefully to ensure I retained all rights of ownership of the code, the end product, and revenue derived from selling the app. I'd want the right to sell, give away, and withdraw an application. The right to use in-app advertising from a source of my own choosing, or to elect to have no advertising at all. I'd also want to be indemnified against legal actions arising. By this I mean if the service provider insisted on building in in-app advertising or data collection as part of the build process, then it's them that takes the rap if adverts served through their code is found to be pushing malware or attempting to install a back door, or their data collection is deemed to be in breach of data protection laws. If I can't see every line of code that goes into the APK file, why should I trust my business to it? In general I wouldn't use any cloud service that doesn't allow me to pick up my data (be it code or email) and move it elsewhere - another cloud service or back onto my own hardware - and continue to use it. A cloud service that allows me to build an app that is unusable outside of that environment hold no value for me, but lots of risk. On Mar 28, 4:53 pm, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot are being announced, at the moment: > > Eclipse's Orion and OrionHub > eXo's Cloud IDE <http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/03/cloud-ide-java-exo> > Cloud9 IDE <http://cloud9ide.com/> > > From the user's side, not being able to work at all if the IDE provider > service goes down seems like a big drawback. The only advantage seems to be > maybe not having to set up a local environment. > > From the provider's side, I wonder if this is even a viable business. > Considering that paid Java IDEs are a pretty niche business, can a provider > with ongoing costs make any money at it? > > Would you use a cloud-based IDE? > > Moandji -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
