See, I've been to I/O, so I've seen how they stick a bunch of devs out in the hall in the far corner where they get to rub elbows with each other. Having worked serious booths on serious shows where serious business gets done, this looks, well, odd, at best. (Or perhaps rather: What a joke) In the end, just one guy's opinion, you know.
On Mar 20, 10:12 am, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:45 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > > > JP wrote: > > Where Microsoft (and others, Oracle comes to mind also) scales and > > Google doesn't is with a meaningful partner program. That of course > > blows up the size of conferences, but that's a good thing - it's part > > of the blueprint for the monetization of Microsoft's technologies by > > small and mid size companies through value add such as shrinkwrap > > software products and professional services. This is an aspect where > > Google has a total blind spot, although it's a dead three way win for > > Microsoft, partners and end users. It's hard to make a case against a > > view that, in the end, all that Google is interested in is to keep it > > all for themselves and not share with anybody on the outside beyond > > what serves themselves. Sure, they'll have a few cuddly devs trot out > > their stuff, but that's going to be it once again, I am sure. > > So instead they're making conference attendance artificially scarce > > and wrap it into some mythical registration, and off you go. > > Personally, I just can't shake the impression that they're just peeing > > down peoples' backs and tell them it's raining. I'll take a pass on I/ > > O again. Make sure y'all get real excited and clap real strong at the > > keynotes' people. > > Were there actually any meaningful words in any of that huge > paragraph. Maybe you had to be there to get the meaning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
