How to handle requests for public Bluetooth APIs
There has been some discussion on the list recently about needing APIs which are not currently supported. I want to take the opportunity to clarify a couple of things: We the Bluetooth developers at Apple do monitor this list and try to provide feedback to questions as we can. From time to time there will be requests for things which we do not currently support, and may or may not intend to support in the future (SCO, Java APIs, Kernel APIs for certain pieces are just a few recent examples). This list is a good place to make things known to the Bluetooth developer team at Apple, but is not the best nor the only place. At Apple we use technology evangelists to keep track of external developer needs, help us to internally monitor what our external developers want, and what things we at Apple can do to serve the most people with our limited time and resources. Given this, I would like to introduce Craig Keithley as the Bluetooth evangelist at Apple. In his role as technology evangelist, Craig is the appropriate point of contact at Apple for making known your desires for more APIs and different programming interfaces to the Bluetooth code from Apple. For requests for future API support please keep Craig in mind and send him your requests for new APIs as well as enhancements to the current APIs. Craig will coalesce all these requests, and help my team and the marketing team meet the constant demands between end customer goals, developer needs and bug fixes. As Apple's external contact Craig is in the best position to gather this information and present a unified case for all developers to add new API support for Bluetooth technology. You can contact Craig at: keithley@apple.com We are still interested in hearing questions, as well as requests for new APIs and needs here on the mailing list. We do not want to get out of the loop. That said, Craig is the best resource for gathering the requests, prioritizing the needs of developers and lobbying on your behalf to prioritize your needs with the other requests from others in Apple in terms of bug fixes and new features for customers. Michael Larson Bluetooth Software Manager Apple Computer, Inc. _______________________________________________ bluetooth-dev mailing list | bluetooth-dev@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bluetooth-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
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Michael Larson