>From an old blog post back I wrote in November: The problem, as I see it, is that Google has presented no strategy for getting the individual developer's application to the device so that the individual developer can make money. So based on the available information, Google doesn't have a strategy to sustain interest from the individual, professional developer who will go off and do different things if he or she can't make enough money. The hobbyist is another story but these hobbyists are going to be a fairly small group (as opposed to hobbyist web developers), as they will require an Android device, mobile data access, etc to maintain their interests.
9. In these early stages, there will be some individual developers (or groups) who will hit the jackpot with the prize money; or if Android is successful, some may even have their product picked up and used to their own financial advantage. But this is a very, very small group; and if there are those who think that the current mobile industry is closed, they have no good reason to assume that the big players won't dominate and push out the individual developer after a short period of time (2 years in Java ME time). Indeed, this competition is most likely already there. Again we are back to not having a fundamental change in the ecosystem. Throwing out a marginally better platform won't help these developers. http://www.jroller.com/random7/entry/one_developers_take_on_what Shane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
