To be honset, there are plenty of free areas out there on the web. With the
Compaq iPaq looking as good as it does, and the C++ and VB dev tools being
$15, WinCE3 looks a look more appealing than the Palm.
My $0.02
Logie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stringer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 29 August 2000 16:03
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Palm OS Developer Exchange
>
>
> In a competitive enviroment where Microsoft are giving away
> development tools and support to get developers to switch to
> CE-v3 it seems a step back for Palm Corp to create a chargable
> support area.
>
> However, I can picture some MBA's sitting in a Palm Corp.
> conference room looking at the traffic on this list and at David's and
> other people's hours, and trying to figure out how they can turn this
>
> "From a cost center to a profit center".
> (Yeh, I've been in those meetings in other companies)
>
> And it will dumb down this list, and reduce the productivity
> of developers.
> Though, I admit, there's been a couple of people who've tried to
> use the list as their personal development tutorial service, who were
> using resources they should have been paying for.......
>
> Anyway, that's my two cents.
>
> Roger Stringer
> Marietta Systems, Inc.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Subject: Re: Finding Developers
> >From: David Fedor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:19:54 -0700
> >X-Message-Number: 69
>
> >>On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, JB Parrett wrote:
> >>> Another option is the just-announced Palm OS Developer
> Exchange - see
> >>> http://www.palmos.com for details.
> >>
> >>Seems like it's exactly this forum, but people need to pay
> to get answers.
> >>Does Palm plan on discontinuing this forum?
> ....
> ....
> >in a way that these mailing lists aren't ideal for... and
> it'll improve
> >these mailing lists by taking off some of the traffic that
> doesn't serve
> >them as well.
>
> >The Palm OS Developer Exchange will be a more structured way
> to ask or
> >browse questions, and will be more oriented towards directed
> and urgent
> >questions and not at all towards discussions. For people
> who really need
> >something fast and are willing to pay for it, or want to
> hire folks to do a
> >small job, the Exchange will be ideal.
>
> >-David Fedor
> >Palm Developer Support
>
>
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