A balance between having insight into the competitor's stats, and removing an advantage on the iOS platform. I wonder which will win.
> On Feb 18, 2015, at 13:19 , Doug Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yeah, I'm considering HockeyApp. But MS bought it, so I was reluctant to >> invest in yet another failed platform. > > I’m curious if anyone has any information about Hockey’s future plans, > specifically w.r.t. their longevity. I’ve seen and heard various chatter > about this but can’t tell if it’s blind speculation based on MS hate or > actual information regarding their future plans. > > I’m not invested in any way in Hockey (financially or otherwise) other than > being a user. That said, it would appear on the surface that MS is committed > to the Hockey service and I don’t see any indication that this will be a > “failed platform”. One could say MS has a huge interest in keeping it going, > just from the analytics data alone. Wouldn’t you love to have visibility into > a large percentage of iOS application deployment stats, what apps are being > deployed, how, when, why, etc. And get all the visibility into application > crash behavior, beta programs, etc. etc. You probably couldn’t buy this > information otherwise. One doesn’t have to be terribly imaginative to see the > value to MS of this service. > > I’m not trying to start a flamewar here, and I would appreciate verifiable, > unbiased feedback on these questions. The changes to TestFlight have been > significantly disruptive to the iOS developer community and I encourage any > discussion on how to handle the transition to new services. > > Doug Hill > “Pivot Tables for iPad” > http://chartcube.com/ -- Rick Mann [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
