On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Ken Davidson wrote:
>
> When I read the message, I got the impression that some genius in
> marketing saw 10,000 developers and said, "Imagine the money we could
> make if we charged these people to write code for our platform."
> Shareware and freeware authors make precious little money for their time
> as it is. How many do you think are going to fork over that kind of
> money and continue to use this platform? Commercial authors, maybe. But
> there are far fewer of those around.
> Ken Davidson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Palm seems hell-bent on destroying their lead in the handheld market.
First, they don't see the writing on the wall when it comes to added
features like quality sound, color, etc. PocketPC is closing the gap
quickly and users will demand those features.
Then, they (Palm) risk losing another edge by ticking off the 10,000
developers they have. Microsoft has gone to a paid suppport but who
pays for it. Not sure, but I know I don't. I also know that I don't
develope for Microsoft.
One of the things that turned me off to Microsoft developement was the
difficulty in getting technical information. If there is a good
software need, Microsoft wants to develope it.
Getting too gready is the death-nail for Palm.
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