Re: [android-developers] Re: google io

I would have had to fly 18 hours just to get to San Fran.  A $3000 trip minimum, so definitely the freebies weren't the motivation.

On Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:48:48 AM UTC+8, Greg Donald wrote:

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasvari@gmail.com> wrote:
> Honestly, I think a lot of people are trying to because of the freebies.
> But even if you resell them on eBay for a profit, it's still not cost
> effective by the time you factor in the airfare, hotel, etc.

I certainly don't care to fly for 6 hours just to get a free device,
not my own personal motivation at all.

> So what happens is, people who are actually interested in going because they
> make their livelihood from Android, cannot.

That's what it looks like from where I sit.  And still no one can
explain to me how tickets "appeared" to be sold out to my browser 4
separate times before the actual "sold out" banner went up at 7:29.
That's so obviously rigged.

> It's a seriously f-ed up situation, but it is what it is.  As with a lot of
> things related to Android, the ideas are great, but the execution, how
> should I say it, lacks finesse.

I see no reason to ever try again.  Making something extremely
difficult to acquire doesn't make me want it more, quite the opposite
actually.

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Greg Donald

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