Funny you should say that coz i thought the roads and trains here are
better than the best in the third world countries or the developing
nations as we term it :-),
Raj.
PS Some politics into the Palm Forum :-)?!
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Damian Jauregui wrote:
> This just comes back to the American philosophy of build it quick and cheap,
> and then, when the revenues are coming in you re-build it properly. It's
> just that it never gets rebuilt.
>
> Perfect examples in the US are: Phone system, Cellular system, Train system,
> road network, etc.
>
> Damian.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom
> Zerucha
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:41 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Interesting Salon Article
>
>
> An interesting article that should be of interest to all PalmOS
> platform developers:
>
> http://salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/06/bad_computers/index.html
>
> When was the last time your PC (or even Mac) froze, crashed, or
> otherwise hiccupped? When was the last time (even here for
> developers) that the Palm did the same?
>
> It starts off (by someone who abhors guns) with a comparison between
> an AK-47 and M16. The former was simple, inexpensive, easy to
> manufacture, and reliable. The latter was innovative but complicated
> and famous for jamming.
>
> It isn't against any particular brand of hardware or software but the
> author basically everything is bad and quotes people who basically say
> "innovate first, fix later", and several horror stories.
>
> My first thought was about Palm (PalmOS really) - and the fact I don't
> know about PocketPC (or other) reliabiloity, but the manufacturer
> doesn't have a good record. My second was about Linux (finding a bug
> in the uptime counter somewhere well over 400 days). And the article
> talks about the Auto industry before the oil crisis - an analogy I've
> used before.
>
> Well Palm *is* a pocket computer, but it isn't thought of as one. You
> don't think about the microprocessor in your microwave oven, or in
> your CD player - they just work and do what they are supposed to.
>
> Another point the article makes is that most people don't go outside a
> narrow comfort zone so 90% of those features aren't added. I have to
> admit I haven't learned every Palm poweruser feature (I lookup phone
> numbers by pulling up the address book). All this cluttering of the
> programs that also hurt reliability.
>
> The Palm platform is Simple. And effective. And inexpensive
> (v.s. the Pocket PCs). Palm should keep it up and ignore the calls to
> become a pocket desktop that can play DVDs in surround sound.
>
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