> > david, i know your "boss" wants you to promote PalmSource 99 as
> > much as possible - but please, this is not a marketing forum
> > for selling PalmSource.. it is a developer forum.
>
> PalmSource is a developer conference, and this is a developer forum.
that is well understood..
> But you feel David can't refer to his sessions at PalmSource because
> that's "marketing" -- how odd. Especially considering the material he'll
> be presenting will have a significant, positive impact on a very large
> developer base, in addition to detailing this thread's original
> question.
why can he not say something now? why wait until the conference?
the thought of "you will find out more at PalmSource 99" is what
offended me.. why wait? just tell us now?..
.. especially with a coding problem / question that is NOT new.
when it comes to releasing new API's etc. then it is ok to say
that developers will find out at the conference. but this was a
typical question.
> > personally, i would love to attend PalmSource 99 - however my
> > full time job has some priority.. maybe a lot of developers have
> > the same problem..
>
> Yes, and as has been stated previously, we realize many people are
> unable to attend PalmSource. Unfortunate perhaps, but not surprising.
> That's why we're making conference material available to those who
> cannot attend, some time after the conference (date as yet to be
> determined).
does one have to have signed up with Palm to get this matierial?
or shall it be online FREE to anyone? or will developers that have
signed the NDA's be able to access them via the devzone on
Palm's website?
> > please in future, provide answers - not marketing.
>
> David did provide an answer to the original question ("they can be
> used interchangeably in every situation that I can think of"). However,
> your response does demonstrate what David did not think of. A perfect
> example of what this forum is all about -- developers helping other
> developers.
>
> Not developers disparaging developer support.
developer support should HELP developers - not tell them to wait.
especially with such a common confusion that has been around since
PalmOS 1.0
i was not flaming David, so instead i provided an answer that the
original poster was looking for - not telling them they have to wait
until PalmSource - that was my point.
i think yourself, dave and others at Palm support provide very good
answers to developers on this forum - but maybe dave was a bit busy
to explain it further in this case, if so.. i misinterpreted the
whole situation.. this list is an excellent source of information -
when information is presented.
cheers.
az.
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