Arrogance may have played its part, but IMO the main problem with Palm was sheer incompetence. The whole palmOne fiasco was breathtakingly inept, and led directly to the demise of Cobalt, on which the future of Palm OS depended. Handango and PalmGear deserve an honorable mention, for their unalloyed greed, and Metrowerks were hardly philanthropic. But most of it was down to Palm themselves.
From: luis maldonado [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 January 2009 19:49 To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Palm webOS makes its appearance I also agree with the statement and would like to add that I hope that PALM's arrogance and HUGH EGO does continue to get in the way of PALM's dealing with its developer comunity. The now have a great change to make up for that arrogance by giving us developers a conforming SKD that will allow us to update our existing APPs to take advantage of the new WEB OS and maybe.... maybe maybe... save PALM's arrogant ass and ours as well.... Anywho It's about ^%&&**^^%& time, we it seem a job wel done... Hope it is still in time to keep the applesause in the pork and not in our apps.... Luis, > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:42:55 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Palm webOS makes its appearance > To: [email protected] > > I do agree with the dinosaur statement and I am also allergic to Apple > sauce ;) Redeveloping apps from scratch could well be the only route as > after using StyleTap on an HP iPAQ 214 to run my Palm app it just shows > how outdated the interface looks compared to more modern interfaces. So > I can imagine you would get a similar jarring user interface experience > if you were able to swap between Palm OS and webOS apps. > > Shame it has taken so long to get something that looks this good, lets > hope it makes some impact. > > > Edward Jones > > Philip Sheard wrote: > > Public reaction seems to the Pre seems to be very positive. I might get one > > myself, because I am allergic to Apple sauce, and I want to see what all the > > fuss is about. I am still slumming it on a Treo 650 at the moment. But > > according to the info that Palm has just posted on the PDN, it does not look > > like it is going to be backward compatible with Palm OS. > > > > Will I develop for it? Maybe. It looks like an interesting environment. I am > > a big fan of JavaScript, and I already use CSS. But I am not going to try to > > port my existing app. I would want to develop something with the same look > > and feel as other WebOS apps. As far as I am concerned, Palm OS is now > > officially dead. Let us face it chaps, we are dinosaurs. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Edward Jones [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 09 January 2009 08:19 > > To: Palm Developer Forum > > Subject: Palm webOS makes its appearance > > > > So this is "Nova" then? Except that it is now of course called "Palm > > webOS"... > > > > http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9666/palm-announces-the-palm-webos/ > > > > Some interesting videos on this website (and no doubt elsewhere) but the > > ONE thing that is not mentioned is compatibility with the Palm OS Garnet > > which I would of thought would be fairly fundamental... > > > > > > > > Edward Jones > > > > -- > For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ _____ Windows LiveT HotmailR: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. See how it works. <http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_how itworks_012009> -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
