But does this new strategy mean that the only way a developer can get
ROM code, SDK documentation, etc, will be via a paid subscription?
If that is the case, it will mean the end to the palm. 10,000
developers will not subscribe. You will have some large developers sign
up but most won't.
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, DeAnna Davidson wrote:
> I don't think they're saying they want to end the newsgroup.
>
> Excerpt from tech support email I assume everyone just got:
> "Complementary to the Exchange are a number of Palm programs and
> resources dedicated to providing technical development support to the
> Palm OS developer community. These include:
>
> Palm's extensive searchable Knowledge Base
> Documentation including Palm OS books, guides and tutorials
> Developer forums, newsgroups and links to third party Palm OS websites
> Access to source code
> Ongoing Palm OS technical training"
>
> You just won't be sending emails to devsupp anymore. I don't know about
> anyone else, but I never did that anyway since the first couple of times
> I tried (over 2 years ago, mind you) I didn't get the info I needed. I
> think we'll still, for the most part, do things like we always have, but
> they've just added a way to make some money off of those people who
> can't/don't want to wait for someone on the list to get back them.
> However, the question about whether or not the devsupp guys will still
> monitor the list as closely is a good one.....
>
> DeAnna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DIAMOND JEFF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:43 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Does Palm want to end this news group?
>
>
> I just got a new notification from Palm about the Developer Exchange.
> Now, I realize Palm wants to encourage as many people as possible to use
> the exchange.
> But in their most recent bulletin, they made it sound like their goal is
> to move everyone over and then kill the newsgroup.
>
> Is this just a scare tactic?
> Even if Palm stopped paying for their engineers like Heather, David,
> Jim, and others to contribute to the list, I would still like to see the
> newsgroup continue unofficially....
>
>
>
>
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