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Originally Posted by benny1967
But surely when that app was built and won the contest, there was no indication of what 1.3 would contain? And if it required that, surely it wouldn't have been good/stable/developed enough to win 25,000 dollars above apps that are good/stable/developed enough to be released that same week to many app-hungry users
Maybe there's something in the version he plans to release that needs PR 1.3?
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2010-10-18
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Originally Posted by richwhite
the version he wants to release needn't necessarily be the one he one the prize for. chances are that development goes on.
But surely when that app was built and won the contest, there was no indication of what 1.3 would contain? And if it required that, surely it wouldn't have been good/stable/developed enough to win 25,000 dollars above apps that are good/stable/developed enough to be released that same week to many app-hungry users
i read somewhere that it's a qt application. it could have been it depended on more recent experimental packages that would have been available in devel, but aren't for software published on ovi.
more likely, though, he may just have forgotten that his work is only a variant of a GPLed free software project and he can't just go and release it as proprietary software like he wanted to.
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Originally Posted by SubCore
The prize is split, so 12.5k.
hey, at least you can donate to the app that got 25k
And yes, that's still a good bit of money.
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I didn't know of the existence of Stellarium Mobile until I saw this thread. I really like the desktop port and this optimized version gets me even more excited (OpenGL ES, accelerometer, ...). What a tease to have a video of the working application, but not the actual program 
Personally, I think it is unfair to get a cash prize from a contest designed to stimulate application development without actually releasing the application. The absence of comments from the developer isn't helping either.
I sure hope that Fabien notices this thread and replies to it. Maybe things are more complicated than we know?
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Personally, I think it is unfair to get a cash prize from a contest designed to stimulate application development without actually releasing the application. The absence of comments from the developer isn't helping either.
I sure hope that Fabien notices this thread and replies to it. Maybe things are more complicated than we know?
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2010-10-18
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Does Engadget know about this? I think it's the funniest Nokia blunder yet. This was supposed to accomplish what? For whom? Where's that Peter guy who occasionally pops in from Nokia?
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Originally Posted by benny1967
You could be completely right. I just think that it's unfair to be awarded such a big prize for something that hasn't fulfilled its purpose i.e. public release.
the version he wants to release needn't necessarily be the one he one the prize for. chances are that development goes on.
i read somewhere that it's a qt application. it could have been it depended on more recent experimental packages that would have been available in devel, but aren't for software published on ovi.
more likely, though, he may just have forgotten that his work is only a variant of a GPLed free software project and he can't just go and release it as proprietary software like he wanted to.
And, to be totally fair, if what you said is true, the developer should make a statement - here, Nokia Discussions, on his blog, it doesn't matter - to let us know what's going on, even if it's "hey, the app is fully finished now and it'll be out with 1.3 because of some dependencies."
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Originally Posted by iDont
Agreed. Even more so considering most users outside of this forum are totally unaware of the app
Personally, I think it is unfair to get a cash prize from a contest designed to stimulate application development without actually releasing the application.
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2010-10-18
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Originally Posted by richwhite
That's ok - they're unaware of the contest too!
Agreed. Even more so considering most users outside of this forum are totally unaware of the app
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that isn't fair.
we have so many good and stable apps.
and so many really good devs that are working 24/7
thats really ****ed up.
or should i say:
the nokia way of life?
we have so many good and stable apps.
and so many really good devs that are working 24/7
thats really ****ed up.
or should i say:
the nokia way of life?
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