On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:51 PM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> I also predict Google really doesn't care about this issue - as long as > all of the (different/competing) carrier's offerings use the Google web > services they are happy. > Well, yeah... developers like to whine about testing against multiple OS versions and platforms since it is definitely a cost. For comparison though, it's probably much less trouble than testing against multiple browsers and browser versions. Also there are typically "middle men" to provide this function... testing houses that will test your app against many different handsets and software versions. The same thing happens in the Java Midlet (J2ME) space, but there things are complicated by hankey pankey on the handset makers and carriers part regarding software certificates and code signing, and which APIs are available depending on how you get it signed. The mistake for Google would be to allow the same forced incompatibility as happens in J2ME midlets which really increases testing cost. The thing to do is partner with a testing house to offer a certification service which allows use of trademarks and logos/ slogans. But at the same time, allow the tiny vendors to skip the whole process if they are willing to do without the official testing processes. This allows small businesses to easily bootstrap up to selling software on the platform without a big investment. Not sure what Google is doing in that regard today, and this article didn't go into that kind of depth. -- John. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
