Xojo Android Summer Preview

I watched it too. Very sad indeed. It just shows they are already miles behind the competition and after wasting many years of precious resources (they really couldn’t spare), they aren’t even close to a release. On top of that, when (ever) released, no serious programmer will even consider it, as it will take another half a decade before coming somewhat usable if it follows the path of the other ‘extra’ platforms they made (iOS, Web).

And that is the other sad part. The things they were once very good at (desktop x-plat) has been lost in the process. But in Xojo’s defense, we the users, are partly to blame. We wanted mobile so badly and trusted Xojo could do it. Reality is, they were by no means ready to tackle such a task. A strong Xojo management would’ve said: ‘Sorry guys, no can do. But we will be the very best in what we can do: desktop cross platform. THIS we may be able to handle’. Now, they are (at best) mediocre in the desktop department too.