Steve Sabram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:9368@palm-dev-forum...
>
> Your comments are like ducks in a shooting gallery. I cannot resist the
temptation you presented.
> Pump action and aim ...
> This considers how you code. A good C coder can have a personal library
of source that is reused form project to project going ten
> years back. Also it is not just the code but the experience.
>
Once upon a time... were two cowboys with guns:
I'm not a native C programmer. I started with Commodore 80000 and something,
I forgot, in Basic. Without libraries... In Basic for 8086, without
libraries. But, I have hundreds of libraries and codes in Turbo Assembler,
Turbo Pascal and Turbo C. Libraries for different graphics modes (in DOS),
mouse libraries (for DOS), Z-modem, G-modem libraries, drivers for speakers,
sound blasters, etc. And if You belief me, or not, I can't use it anymore.
Sure, I have some experience, but lot of % of useless knowledge. I'm
conscious of that, but I don cry. That's normal in programmers life.
>
> This is a gross and out of league comparison. Things like this are
already happening for the Palm. Like PCs, it will start with
> hardware add-on's -- just read Firepad's business plan -- and then migrate
into software as the MIPS per Watts increases.
>
Yes, but the things will become smaller and smaller, and new chips are
coming out every day. And if Palm tend to use Dragonball for eternity, or
more than 5 years, are... Steve, things are changing all the time. Palm will
also have to change, in future.
>
> And I guess you never heard of OS patching. If you want to do Unicode,
all the resources are there. Palm has been shipping a
> Japanese version of the PalmOS for over a year with no problem at all.
Taking Unicode into account can slow down development. In
> the States, it is often considered a 2.0 thing to do. Most small Palm
software companies see over 75% their sales as domestic.
> Also, the world is learning English to work with high tech. Just like if
you do O-chem you learn German and if you are a diplomat,
> you learn French.
>
I already made my libraries to enter 'others' characters graffiti, but I
think that that's not my job, but developers. About patching. I'm already
tired of all those MS patches. Why don they make OS once a year? A good OS?
And if Palm want to sell lot of products to 'normal', not ' high tech'
people (what I think is their goal) they ought to speak in their tongue.
That's why MS translates their OS, and Luther translated bible in German.
>
> Sounds fine to me. It is a good start. If you want better, get a laptop
and buy a copy of Photoshop.
>
Yes, I agree. It's a good start, but with newer processors, it'll be better.
> You claim to have 25 years of coding experience? I guess you don't
remember the release of the Mac II in 1986. The development
> parallels between that machine and the IIIc are frightfully similar.
>
No, I can't remember Mac II in 1986, since are not present in Europe - like
Palm'.
>
> I think that was said about Microsoft in 1980 when everyone was still
coding CP/M. One thing you must remember is economic
> conditions and general freedom of opportunity where a start-up company
isn't viewed as a threat to some megacorp exec. with
> relatives having seats in a Parliament.
>
I just whishes to Palm that they start to think global, not local. I wish
them to become no. 1 in World, not just in US.
>
> If you haven't noticed, Palm has been successful by refusing to be normal
and zagging when everyone else zigs. If you don't know,
> the old DOS commands work fine on Windows 2000 as long as you stick with
the API and didn't resolve to writing TSRs.
>
I'm not DOS user, but PC programmer, and if I wish to use some of DOS
interrupts I must write my own driver. And if... if Palm will substitute
processor, it's nonsense (for my judgment) to think that the thinks will
remain the same.
>
> I don't know what you are reading or doing in other functions but that
statement is just dead wrong. Overall, Palm's backward
> support has been very helpful since older machines tend to become less
valuable but start to become good PR tools like leaflets and
> newspapers. When someone sees an old Pilot 1000 in the back of some
office, they like the idea and buy the latest in Office Max.
>
> Steve
>
I don't know who's buying 80286 anymore. So, when Pilot 1000 owner will saw
my IIIc, they will say: "Who the hell sold me that old piece of cake. I want
colors, GSM, credit card... all in one box." And I hope that the name on
this box will be Palm.
Peter
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