> Google has tested the software in schools “with groups that included sixth graders, high school girls, nursing students and university undergraduates who are not computer science majors,” according to the *New York Times*.
via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/152640/2010/07/appinventor.html?lsrc=rss_main)
Just what every Android developer wants: to be competing with sixth graders for Android users’ attention.
I fail to see how this addresses the much larger issue of app QUALITY on Android. This will do far more to turn talented developers away than it will to bring them over to the platform.
Google seems to think that this is just a numbers game. If they sell more phones by having hundreds of different models coming out every few months, and they have more apps because they recruit sixth graders to write them, then they win. But what will they win? They’re not going to make money, or provide others with a decent revenue stream. And they are not going to breed loyalty with the user base.
I’ll say it again; the Microsoft strategy of the 80s is not going to work in 2010. Just ask Microsoft.
