You all need to stop giving Google a hard time. Do you realize what opening up the network will mean to everyone in the U.S.?
If you are going to give someone a hard time complain about someone that supports closed networks. BTW. All competitions are fishing for winners. On May 6, 10:05 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >3) Participants who fail to win in round 1 stand to lose even more. > >When you made your submission you agreed that if Google > >or any of the Judges developed your idea you had no recourse. > >What if Google/Judges never had the idea before you submitted it? > >Had not yet visualized it on the Android platform before the > >entries were submitted? Do you think you can get your idea to > >market faster than the multi-billion dollar Google juggernaut? > >In it's most perverse form isn't it all really a way for Google > >to potentially get 1700+ original ideas for which they only > >need to pay for 50? > > I would say yes in some cases. I worked for a multi-billion dollar > corporation and projects were always late mainly because of internal > politics, turf fights, incompetence, and lack of passion. Many of us > here are driven by pure passion, and I think that is what makes all > the difference. Even if they beat us to market that doesn't mean they > will win. youtube was started after google's own video site was > already in the process of being created and yet youtube kicked their > asses. See, this is proof that just because you are big that doesn't > mean that you will win. > > On May 6, 10:38 pm, Google Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is the Android Challenge legit or an elaborate form of phishing, > > or even an outright scam of sorts? > > > It seems that the challenge has a few glaring problems: > > 1) The rules favor teams and/or individuals with financial > > backing or resources. > > > The Challenge is scored in 4 areas. I suggest that Originality > > and Indispensibility are areas that favor contributors equally > > whether they are poor individuals or well funded teams. > > However "Effective Use of the Android Platform" and > > "Polish and Appeal" penalize those with limited financial > > resources. These qualities require more time to implement > > thereby favoring those who could spend more time on the > > challenge than those who responded to the challenge > > in the "Willy Wonka" spirit (believing all had a chance) > > and had to work on the challenge in their spare time. > > > 2) Google discontinued support for the Challenge users > > while continuing to support OHA and other stakeholders > > (e.g., device manufacturers, MIT) thereby marginalizing/ > > under supporting the Challenge members. > > > Using the Android platform, which > > despite being Linux and Java, is no picnic or walk in the park. > > The processing model is *different* (and I'll question it's necessity > > on a Linux platform in another post), the SDK has bugs, the > > documentation has inconsistencies (e.g., look at the various > > places where TableLayout and table row are documented), > > pieces of the SDK were missing (e.g., BT, etc.) and so on. > > And while independents were toiling away trying to slog through > > the Android'isms and bugs, Google was actively supporting members > > of the OHA (are they really on the same SDK version as we are?) > > Are all submitters *really* isolated from those who had more > > inside information? Access to the source? > > > 3) Participants who fail to win in round 1 stand to lose even more. > > > When you made your submission you agreed that if Google > > or any of the Judges developed your idea you had no recourse. > > What if Google/Judges never had the idea before you submitted it? > > Had not yet visualized it on the Android platform before the > > entries were submitted? Do you think you can get your idea to > > market faster than the multi-billion dollar Google juggernaut? > > In it's most perverse form isn't it all really a way for Google > > to potentially get 1700+ original ideas for which they only > > need to pay for 50? > > > /GW > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" 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-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
