Yes Dan, thanks for the clarification. I don't know if I will have time to do a project for the challenge but it encourages me, and maybe others, to think that Google support its product.
2009/3/20 CnmJbm <[email protected]> > > as long as adc2 won't become a race of "the world's most bizzare apps" > i have no opinion. > > the primary goal of android challenge should be more on 'usefulness', > not on perculiarity or singularity that is like firework -- users > download it and dump it in short time and the winners take rewards and > disappear from the market -- w ha t ha f ha ha !!?? > > > On Mar 19, 10:43 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see it as a better long-term prospect to include all types of apps. > > > > If you only include open-source apps then you're limiting the field, and > > even if you only include free apps it'll re-enforce users views that all > > apps should be free which would not help anyone trying to establish a > > business around Android software. > > > > I would mean that in the short term there would be some great free apps > > as people take a punt at getting revenue from a prize as opposed to > > getting revenue from sales, but, unless Google offer the prizes every > > month for the rest of Markets existance, it wouldn't help grow a > > sustainable application development community. > > > > Al. > > > > > > > > Mattaku Betsujin wrote: > > > What about only limiting to open-source apps? > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ivan Soto <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > If my application sells for like $.99 and the top seller is > > > selling around 600 to 1000 a month, a lot of developer would be > > > spending $1500 just to make themselves to the top. The price would > > > be more than that amount. > > > > > Just a thought. > > > > > I don't like that idea. I really prefer a challenge that favor > > > towards the quality and user friendly capabilities. > > > > > my 2 cents. > > > > > Ivan Soto Fernandez > > > Web Developer > > > http://ivansotof.com > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dan Morrill <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > We have considered and are considering ideas along those > > > lines. That is *not* to say that that's what we are going to > > > do, so don't take it as confirmation. :) But yes, many > > > different structures are on the table. > > > > > - Dan > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Al Sutton > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > Dan, > > > > > Thanks for the clarification. > > > > > How about making the ADC II a set of awards which are > > > given to the best > > > selling apps in each category each month for the next > > > couple of years. > > > This would allow the Android user community to vote on > > > what is good for > > > them, give developers a reason to push their apps to the > > > limit of what > > > they can do, and allow Google to focus the prizes on > > > groups delivering > > > what people want. > > > > > Just a thought. > > > > > Al. > > > > > Dan Morrill wrote: > > > > Oops. Looks like that page was collateral damage when > > > we did the move > > > > to developer.android.com <http://developer.android.com> > > > <http://developer.android.com>. We're > > > > looking into it; thanks for pointing it out. At any > > > rate the content > > > > that would be there refers only to the first Developer > > > Challenge. > > > > > > Regarding the second Developer Challenge, it definitely > > > isn't canceled > > > > but we haven't announced plans for it yet. We said we > > > would by last > > > > year (sorry about that), but we're still working on how > > > to structure > > > > it. The world is quite a bit different now than it was > > > when we ran > > > > the first ADC, so we want to make sure the new > > > rules/structure make > > > > sense, and we are of course taking into consideration > > > everyone's > > > > experiences with the first ADC. The second ADC will > > > definitely not be > > > > a clone of the first ADC. > > > > > > We expect to have all this finalized and announce rules > > > within a > > > > couple months. The event itself will likely run in the > > > second half of > > > > the year. > > > > > > - Dan > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Very very recently though. Googling for "android > > > developer challenge" > > > > still brings up the 404ed page as the top result. > > > > > > Al. > > > > > > Anonymous Anonymous wrote: > > > > >http://developer.android.com/ > > > > > try in here.. its moved i guess > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Eelke Folmer > > > > <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > This (http://code.google.com/android/adc.html > > > ) gives a > > > > 404 which is > > > > > weird for a google site. > > > > > Is this challenge cancelled? I hope not...... > > > > > > -- > > > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it at > > > http://andappstore.com/* > > > > > > ====== > > > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & > > > Wales with the > > > > company number 6741909. 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