Agreed. But look how far behind they are - THAT is unacceptable. There's folks in Canada who've been TOTALLY screwed on 1.5 for well over a year. I wouldn't expect a daily release, but a 1.6 would've been nice - been done, G1 has it, so it IS possible.
As I've been saying - they're still working on the old model - make a handset, push it out, start working on the next. Android phones are NOT like that. They are a dynamic, evolving gadget, such as new features, new market apps that will remove older version compatibility, etc...
They need to change the way they thing and perceive them, or they will doom the android platform. They really don't care, as if they bury the android platform, they'll just use another one. THey have NO personal vested interest in the OS, whether it's WinMo, Symbian, Android, etc... They could probably care less, as they do right now.
I'd say one release per valid version upgrade, that actually adds something, ie, if they would've done 1.6, skip 2.0/2.0.1, as it is being pretty much eclipsed by 2.1, so it would make logical and financial sense to skip the 2.0/2.0.1, and concentrate on 2.1
I'm not so blind, that I'd expect EVERY release to be done, and with daily builds...
Only thing required after the build on the subversions that are worth working on, is if any patches/security/major bugs need to be corrected.
In my eyes, and most who want/have them, these are computers with telephony capability, not the other way around. There are now tablets/netbooks being released/announced with the same CPU as the Nexus One, so look at it from that perspective.
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