On Oct 25, 12:34 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given the recent OTA update and hackbods comments about some things not > being they way they would like but they didn't have time to do something > better, I'm wondering if the OS is more 0.9 than 1.0 and the phased > roll-out is more about limiting the devices they'd have to recall/fix > when problems are discovered.
The G1 is running Android 1.0, and we will completely stand by it being a full non-beta 1.0 release. Just because there are specific features not included in the product that -you- especially care about doesn't turn it into a "beta". Maybe it means it is not the product you want, but that is a far different thing. Every software project in the world that manages to release goes through a phase of dropping features. That is just how it is: there is always much more you want to do than you have time to do it in. A well run software project (of which I think Android very much is) - does- cut out feature, to be able to finish and deliver a stable product. If we didn't release a product until we had done every feature that we wanted, then we would -never- deliver a product because there are - always- more things you can add and improve. >From the reviews I have seen, one of the things that I have seen mentioned a number of times is about Android being stable -- I believe one mentioned using their phone for 3 weeks without the system crashing. This is very much a non-beta product. We put months and months and long nights of work into making this a great and stable product, and your repeated comments about it being a "0.9" or "beta" product just because there are certain features not there that you want are simply insulting. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
