Hi All, thanks so much for these answers. I thinks than now I have somethin for reading :) Thanks again, MikO
______________________________________________________________ > Od: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Komu: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> > Datum: 06.02.2007 18:24 > Předmět: RE: Palm OS Developer Suite > >Hi Patricia, > >I just caught this thread....I guess I'm happy to see the book discussed at >all these days, positively or negatively! > >Regarding the Cobalt comments. At this point it may seem terribly misguided >to have included a significant amount of coverage to Cobalt (kind of like >when Petzold devoted an entire book to OS/2), but you just have to trust >that at the time the book was being planned and written, PalmSource was >quite seriously representing that Cobalt was the next Palm OS version to be >released (Palm OS 6). Because of this, the publisher made a decision that >the next update to the Palm OS Programing Bible (now called Professional >Palm OS Programming) needed to cover how to program both Garnet and Cobalt, >and they looked to me to help research and write up the newer Cobalt >content. Unfortunately for many reasons the market prospects for Cobalt as a >licensable OS declined shortly after publication, and with the benefit of >hindsight it is clear that the Cobalt content adds little to the value of >the book. > >What I'd like to make clear is that the inclusion of Cobalt programming >information in no way takes away from the amount of relevant Garnet >programming information in the book. Essentially the way to look at the book >is that it is the prior published "Palm OS Programming Bible", with the >_addition_ of new chapters and content covering Cobalt. Point being that >even if you rip out the pages covering Cobalt, you are still left with >amounts to a very valuable guide to Palm OS programming (the bulk of the >excellent Garnet material was written by the great Lonnon Foster). > >Hope this helps, > >Glenn Bachmann >President >Bachmann Handheld Solutions >The Experts in Mobile Software Application Development >www.bachmannhandheldsolutions.com >(973) 729 8628 > >-----Original Message----- >Wrom: RHDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHY >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patricia Cartwright >Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:51 AM >To: Palm Developer Forum >Subject: Re: Palm OS Developer Suite > >The book has its disadvataes, but, unfortunately, it is one of the few >books out there... >--- Borszczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Patricia Cartwright wrote: >> > >> >http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Palm-Programming-Wrox-Guides/dp/076457373 >X/sr=1-2/qid=1170778049/ref=sr_1_2/102-4146681-7213702?ie=UTF8&s=books >> >> Unfortunately half of this book is wasted by Cobalt stuff. More over, >> source code from this book make debug rom go crazy (Librarian for >> sure). But you got not much choice, and however I think it's not bad >> one, and not that outdated than others are, you can still get more >> from on-line tutorials + reading other sources. Just my >> $0,03 >> >> Regards, >> -- >> "Daddy, what "Formatting drive C:" means?"... >> >> Marcin >> http://wfmh.org.pl/carlos/ >> >> -- >> For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to >> unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ >> > > >-- >For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, >please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > >-- >For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
