Brian Mathis wrote in message <20055@palm-dev-forum>...
>
>I guess I don't understand why people expect Palm to release internal
>information to *anyone*. If you're a developer, why should you get any
>special treatment?
Because they want developers to support their new products.
>I think Palm has done a large part for developers on
>stuff that *matters*, like pre-releasing color debug ROMs, etc for us to
>test on. They certainly help us out, when it matters.
They are remarkably inconsistant about when they do things like this.
Yes, for OS 3.5 there was some admirable pre-release involvement
of developers. That makes the _lack_ of same this time that much
more egregious. Did we do something they didn't like when we got
the color information ahead of time? Why don't they trust us anymore?
>
>What do these new devices mean to developers? Nothing, nada, zip, zilch,
>zero. They still have the same OS, same RAM, same buttons, same graffiti.
>It's mostly a new case.
Actually the OS is a new rev: OS 3.5.1. It may be virtually the same, but
we have no way of knowing this. It -does- have one major new feature: the
recognition of the "up" key press when the device is off. As shipped, this
will bring up their new "clock" app. But there is opportunity there to
bring
up almost anything to show through the window. How about showing me
my next appointment and how much time is remaining until then? Somebody
could already have been writing that if the information had been released.
>
>The only way that you would look like a fool to your customers is by not
>handling the situation correctly.
> "Hey Mr. Palm Developer, what do you know about the new devices?"
> "Well, not much, because they haven't been released yet."
>If this type of a dialog bothers you, and makes you think you're being
>made a fool of, I think you need to work on saying, "I don't know". (I'm
>amazed at how many techie people can't admit they don't know something).
>Don't blame Palm for it.
>
That's not what's bothering me, at least.
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