> The next time Google comes out with some big project asking for developer
> support and talking about openness, we will know not to trust them. Time to
> move on.

> Shane

> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Jon Webb <jonaw...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> This explains something I've wondered about for a while. Back before
>> the competition I tried to build an app and couldn't get basic things
>> (like reading past byte 16384 of a file) working. I reported a bug,
>> provided an example, the whole thing. The bug and a lot (like
>> hundreds) of other bug reports were reviewed. But then they were never
>> fixed. Couldn't finish the app. Fine, whatever, I'll wait for the
>> phone.
>> I thought it was odd there were no further SDK updates -- what was
>> going on? Was Android delayed or canceled? Were they trying to make a
>> really good, complete release before they came out with something?
>> Now I know. They decided to work closely with a few developers and to
>> give them an advantage over everyone else. Could be there's a
>> reciprocal agreement with those developers to give them better support
>> in exchange for their app development work.
>> It's not an unusual move in software development. Not particularly
>> nice not to make it public, though. Just leaves the rest of us
>> hanging, waiting for an SDK update that never comes.

>> On Jul 15, 9:57 am, Hong <lordh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > just trying to get the rest of us excited... that Android still has some
>> > progress...