I was just reading a post on the official Google Mobile blog about Androids first 5 months of existence. Some of these things are stuff RIM should have been doing ages ago. Also note by the way the fact that RIM does not even have an official blog beyond press releases that come days after the news. I guess RIM is not embracing the Social Networking revolution as much as they think they are.
The first thing Android did was release an early look at the Android software development kit (SDK), allowing anyone to learn and start creating apps for the platform. RIM might do this for a developer if they are paying them tons of money. Otherwise they are on their own to wait for the public release.
Feedback from developers has contributed to numerous fixes, improvements, new tools, and major updates to the SDK. Other than the horrible developer forum there is no real way for developers to contribute feedback. Unless you happen to know somebody at RIM or have a support contract your up the proverbial creek. This is especially true with small developers. Even large developers such as Viigo have been waiting months for fixes as simple as allowing them to use the spacebar to go down a page in RSS articles.
Google also setup the Android Developer Challenge, which setup $10 million in prizes for the best Android applications. Is RIM not getting it? All the other major mobile OS platforms have done these challenges and have been met with great success. What are they waiting for???
Feel free to correct me (or even agree with me) in the comments 
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