Appel would kill android if it was open. They all ready have over 10,000 apps......
On 12/19/2008, Mark K <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As a developer we generally don't get to decide which platform gets > used. This decision is generally made by management and non-tech > people, and is usually based more on business factors than technology. > Of course if they ask for my opinion, I'd reccomend Android over other > platforms because it is more capable than all other platforms, except > perhaps I-Phone, but I-Phone is not an open platform, and you could > loose all your development efforts if Apple doesn't like your app, or > it competes with them or a perferred vendor. > > Mark > > On Dec 18, 10:53 am, alberto <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi guys, we're doing a research project on the mobile ecosystem >> in the Mobility Research Center at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley. >> Our main goal in our current study is to understand the decision- >> making process followed by mobile applications developers/start-ups. >> We are particularly interested in how they decide upon platform(s), >> device(s), carrier(s), and market, as well as the relative importance >> of technology and business factors. >> >> Our research process includes a formal survey, a series of interviews, >> and a public wiki. In the fast moving mobile world Android is a news >> full of promise and your experience should be taken into account in >> pur research. >> So we would like you to complete our SURVEY >> athttp://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1108623 >> >> We think that it will take about 15-20 minutes to complete the survey >> and will close be Jan. the 10th >> We will make the results public on our wiki, as well as through public >> presentations. >> It would be GREAT if you could pass along this message and this link >> to them. >> We want to follow up with some people in more detail. If you would >> have about 30 minutes for an informal interview, please let us know. >> >> We've just started a wiki on this topic and encourage you to visit, >> contribute, and let others know about it. It's >> athttp://mobiledevelopers.pbwiki.com/ >> >> Thanks for your help, and best wishes for the holidays and for 2009. > > > -- Xavier A. Mathews Student/Browser Specialist/Developer/Web-Master Client Based Tech Support Specialist Hazel Crest Illinois [email protected]¥[email protected]¥[email protected] "Fear of a name, only increases fear of the thing itself." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
