Would love more #'s on Bada and BB before we get too aggressive. I updated the Horizon section to Firefox OS. (Ubuntu is supported by way of our Qt codebase.)
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Ken Wallis <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a plan. I'll do some digging on what plans we will have on > publishing market numbers, publically or otherwise. ;) > > Thanks. > -- > > Ken Wallis > > Product Manager – BlackBerry WebWorks > > Research In Motion > > (905) 629-4746 x14369 > > ________________________________________ > From: Filip Maj [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Review of Core Platforms > > Certainly, if RIM can provide some % numbers of people using each OS, > that'd be helpful! Kind of like the Android OS pie chart breakdown of > users across different OS versions. > > In the past, at some point we decided to stop supporting BB OS 5 and 4.6, > and removed those Cordova implementations. Just wanted to raise the idea > of doing something similar for OS 7 and PlayBook once those two platforms > get to the same level of usage. > > On 1/3/13 2:21 PM, "Ken Wallis" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>What does "schedule for removal mean"? Perhaps we can tie removal to >>some specific metric that we might be able to assist with? BB7 will >>remain a fairly large base of devices for a while, particularly in >>emerging markets and enterprise, where I think we will continue to see a >>large focus on web-based mobile applications. >> >>While I wholeheartedly support BlackBerry 10 as the primary platform for >>new development, I would like to see support for BB7 continue while it >>remains a large customer base. >> >>Thoughts? >> >>Thanks! >> >>-- >> >>Ken Wallis >> >>Product Manager BlackBerry WebWorks >> >>Research In Motion >> >>(905) 629-4746 x14369 >> >>________________________________________ >>From: Filip Maj [[email protected]] >>Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:44 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Review of Core Platforms >> >>Our CorePlatforms wiki article [1] has this: >> >>---- >> >>Core: These are the main platforms supported by the Apache Cordova >>project. >> >>* iOS >>* Android >>* BlackBerry >>* Windows Phone >>* Bada >> >>Sunset: These are platforms considered to be on their way out of general >>consumer availability. We offer code, but not distribution of these >>platforms. >> >>* Symbian >>* webOS >> >>Sunrise: These are new platforms coming to Apache Cordova with some >>development under way. >> >>* Tizen >>* Qt >> >>Horizon: These are platforms that we hope to see supported by Apache >>Cordova in the future! >> >>* B2G >> >>---- >> >> >>Some propositions + questions, all up for debate of course: >> >>- I'm not sure about Bada. Last I checked Bada's passing % of mobile-spec >>is fairly weak (some features are just not doable; correct me if I'm >>wrong). I would like to propose that a platform is eligible for "Core" if >>they have >90% passing rate on mobile-spec. I would vote to move it into a >>new "Marginal" category, along with, say, cordova-mac or cordova-qt. Also, >>Bada-wac, how does this fit in? >>- Where does the ubuntu phone fit into this? >>- I would suggest we schedule removal of the BlackBerry 7 (java) and >>Playbook (Air) implementations, and have our BlackBerry implementation be >>BB10 only moving forward. >>- The "Windows Phone" category above covers both 7 and 8? What about >>Windows 8? >> >>[1] http://wiki.apache.org/cordova/PlatformSupport >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential >>information, privileged material (including material protected by the >>solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute >>non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than >>the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this >>transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete >>this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or >>reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not >>authorized and may be unlawful. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information, privileged material (including material protected by the > solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public > information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended > recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, > please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your > system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this > transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful.
