[LinuxUsers] Interesting article about how an open platform impedes developer success

[Ragi Y. Burhum]

> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:06:11 -0800
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jhoger at pobox.com>
> Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Interesting article about how an open
>        platform        impedes developer success
>
>
> Well, yeah... developers like to whine about testing against multiple
> OS versions and platforms since it is definitely a cost.
>
> For comparison though, it's probably much less trouble than testing
> against multiple browsers and browser versions.
>
>
Actually, I will give you a pretty simple example. Getting the screen size
of the phone. You would think something as basic as this wouldn't be an
issue, but it works differently on three Android devices. Anyone that has
tried to build any OpenGL application that works across the board on any
mobile platform will tell you that fragmentation is more than just whining.

And by the way, using phone testing shops is expensive as hell. Renting
"remote phones" to test over the internet also is.

- Ragi
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