>"Nesse, Rustin" wrote:
>
>> Nah, I was just nihilistic-feeling that day. =)
>>
>> It seems, however, that from the hardware consensus, that ARM is
>> the direction that the Palm is going...however, if Motorola were
>> to develop a more advanced low-power chip, that might keep Palm
>> and it's licensees on board with them.
>
>I'm sorry, but of all the people on this list, I don't see a
>single Palm product, systems or architecture manager in the list.
>
>This is like a bunch of baseball fans in the stands dictating
>the lineup of their favorite team. There is only one problem, the
>team manager a has a lot more inside, is getting paid for this
>decision and usually does a couple of surprises that makes sense at
>the end of the game.
>
>The same goes for higher resolution screen, popup writing area
>and multitasking discussions.
>
>Steve
>
We all know it's just speculation! It's just a fun pastime for any fan.
However, it's kind of useful, as speculation can breed a degree of
creativity, and give us ideas that would result from a "what if" kind of
scenerio. "What IF" Palm goes to a ARM? Then we start thinking up
ways to attempt to take advantage of the speedier processor. What IF
the new processor could support a more multitasking OS? I know, some
people consider it a waste of time, but I personally like to spend some
of my spare time thinking of these things sometimes. One way to be
successful is to get a product out before anyone else, and if you already
have a vision for a product, you can land on all 4 feet and sometimes
get moving on it before anyone else. True, you can be burned doing this,
but it's a risk, like anything else.
This is NOT baseball we're talking about here, but for many of us, it's
our livelihoods and futures.
-Rus
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