Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.alt.net!news.kjsl.com!usenet.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!i.newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android apps development Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:44:16 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-92-183.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1301784257 1602 118.92.92.183 (2 Apr 2011 22:44:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:44:17 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:2775 In message , Arved Sandstrom wrote: > On 11-04-02 05:57 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Android is a bit of a shock to the system to many of the corporate code- >> cutter drones who normally hang out here. > > Android isn't - many of the hide-bound, ossified clients or companies we > work for have aggressive mobile strategies, including Android. As Roedy Green has pointed out elsewhere, this is a world with a much shorter attention span. Frankly, I don’t think most big corporates have the agility to cope. > _You_ are a bit of a shock to the system. :)