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Re:Android's Final Challenge Winners by byrneseyeview on Friday August 29, 2008 @01:09PM (#290206)
I'd hope that Google, of all companies, is better than that. "You do better work, but we're looking for someone a little more pathetic" is not going to get them anywhere.
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Re:Android's Final Challenge Winners by davidw on Friday August 29, 2008 @04:21PM (#290408)
I'm guessing that it would be more a factor of 'bang for your buck'. That money is going to go a lot farther at a startup than at a company worth billions of dollars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Communications

Plus, a weather app is kind of obvious, even if well done.

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