i totally agree with Jazz, offer a secondary gFund similar to iFund. $100M will attract some very high calibre individuals/businesses that would solidify the Android platform. The great thing about a potential fund is that it will be an ongoing concern and will benefit both parties by releasing cash for equity.
Too many ideas stagnate as cash becomes king and development grinds to a horrible halt. I should imagine there are a lot of 'buzzing' developers here, but question how long their energy levels for Android can be sustained once the winners are announced. I would also like to add another point to Jazz's post in that we should all pool our resources where developers upload their profile to offer their services. There may be companies who need a certain skill- set and the ideal person might be locked away in some shed in a Brazilian rain-forest, bashing out code without realising their true potential. Anyway, good luck to everyone tomorrow. Regards Keffyoid www.splashplay.co.uk On May 8, 10:18 pm, "Cow Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > J, please let me second u on all ur wishes here. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jazz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:52 AM > Subject: [android-challenge] Dear Google... > > It has been a great experience for most of us being part of the > Challenge which could be the biggest event since the entire mobile > computing history. The 1,788 participants are a truly dream not only > for Google but for all involved to see we've made the right choice (or > at lease not the only sucker;-) by putting hundreds or even thousands > of hours into the development. But when we all wake up tomorrow from > this wonderful dream, there will be 1,738 souls with shuttered dreams > one way or another. I for one have developed my application specific > to Android platform which makes difficult to port to, say iPhone, and > the fact that the market for our applications does not exist for at > lease a few years. So I would ask Google's help to “salvage” our > efforts for our as well as Google's benefit (these are merely friendly > suggestions not demands;-) > > 1) Create a venture fund similar to iFund but specific for Android > development. Anyone could submit their applications and reviewed by > Google on a case by case basis. > > 2) Officially release a native Android runtime environment on a > regular PC and other portable devices such as pocket PCs in place of > an OS. It's especially attractive for these inexpensive ultra > portables such as Asus EEE PC, Classroom, OLPC. It would be useful > for us to release our Android applications at least to some early > adapter types. This may even ignite the fire to dethrone Microsoft's > OS domination, and complete google's own world domination process;-). > The key word is "Officially", any hacking approaches would defeat the > purpose. > > 3) Allocate 1,788 prototype Android phones (be it ugly or not) to each > of the participants at cost or at discount. It's very important for us > to keep our ideas in check with the real-world. > > I really want to stay, but I have a family to support. Any other > ideas? > > -J --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
