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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/CPBYMYTKNRZ2WHDHGPIWCZTTOGHUU5WB/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "CPBYMYTKNRZ2WHDHGPIWCZTTOGHUU5WB", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/ZONXBVS6PG5JAFHBYFCKZL6ROQWMTRZE/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "w5ggw (a) cox.net", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Gregg Wonderly", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Please make available for Kindle as wel.", "date": "2013-01-16T15:13:46Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/ZONXBVS6PG5JAFHBYFCKZL6ROQWMTRZE/?format=api", "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/7FEIA2W34JMVVQSKU7KYGL6VYP6BHNRJ/?format=api" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "One of the most interesting and perhaps frustrating thing about the Android \nplatform is this \"my store\", \"your store\", \"no store\" interplay between all the \nvendors who have created devices using the \"open source\" Android platform from \nGoogle. With Google producing devices as well, their ownership of the \"Google \nPlay\" store, and demand for \"paid entry\" into that marketplace, their \ncompetitors, Amazon and B&N etc., are reluctant to \"play together\".\n\nSo, developers are strung out, being forced to participate in multiple \neconomies, which doesn't scale very well for small operations like you'll find \nin HAM radio software teams. Walmart had a $99 or so deal on a Chinese tablet \nover Christmas. That tablet had \"no store\" available to the purchasers to start \nwith. The only choice was to install the Amazon store and be locked into that \neconomy. There is, always the opportunity to root these devices and spend the \ntime and energy to manage the whole thing yourself. But, without a \"Store\" \napplication, you're limited to what you can get, based on what developers are \nwilling to \"give away.\"\n\nIn this day and age, I think we are past the time of \"free software\". I think \nit is important to understand how that diminishes the worth of people doing good \nthings for HAM radio, to have such expectations.\n\nCertainly, many people have limited incomes, so I understand that to be natural \npressure on the scale of the software economy in HAM radio, overall.\n\nIn the end, open source is a great thing, when people have time to give away, or \nare using the same software to make money elsewhere. But, all of these vertical \nmarket applications for HAM radio have some very focused uses, and not very many \nof them are gold mines in the public markets.\n\nGregg Wonderly\n\nOn 1/16/2013 2:37 AM, David Johnson wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> We will do our best but we cannot target every platform specifically.\n>\n> I already build for four google devices. Nexus 1,S,7 & 10.\n>\n> The kindle fire and Barnes and Noble devices have to be side loaded and we\n> would have to set up a download site and PayPal payment mechanism for the\n> paid version.\n>\n> 73\n>\n> Dave\n>\n> Since us Kindle users can not directly access the Google Play site, please\n> consider making the apps available to us Kindle Fire and Fire HD users. I\n> like the functionality and am looking forward to the new features.****\n>\n> ** **\n>\n> *Tom Schuessler*\n>\n> *2713 Lake Gardens Drive*\n>\n> *Irving, Texas 75060*\n>\n> *972-986-7456*\n>\n> *214-403-1464 (Cell)*\n>\n> *[email protected]*\n>\n> ** **\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n", "attachments": [] }