When looking at Apples AppStore it seems that the winners of the categories take it all. On top of that also the awards? I am not sure if that is such a good idea, in particular for the non-US/non-UK developers who cannot compete in the paid apps segment.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > To me the best metric of quality and user friendly capabilities is > people wanting to use the app, hence why I can see a Market position > based competition making sense. > > Al. > > > Ivan Soto 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? 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