--- Max Bian wrote: > Forget about the windows developers. They have paid the > high price tag for that OS already. > > How about developers who use Linux? Are there Linux > versions of these tool coming? All I heard so far > are "NT", "2000", "XP", "CW", ... > > And by the way, even fewer reboots if you use Linux!
This is so OT that I hate to say anything about it, but... (don't read on if you will be offended). 1st, the supposed reliability issues with Windows have been greated exaggerated. One of my computers is running Win98 24x7 and I don't even have to reboot it once a month. Of course, I prefer my Win2K machine because it *is* more reliable -- it also runs 24x7 and I have never had to reboot it (except when certain sw apps demand a reboot during installation). 2nd, the supposed stability and security and reliability of Linux is greatly exaggerated. Linux is supposed to be so amazingly wonderful, so reliable, so error-free, so secure, etc., but it is *not*. It is just another OS, written by error-prone human beings. It is more suitable than some for certain situations and less suitable for other situations. (See http://news.com.com/2100-1001-830130.html for a report out just today that the US government is so concerned about the security holes in Linux (and all open source sw) that DARPA is funding a project to help fix it.) 3rd, Palm Inc. can not "Forget about the windows developers". The largest number of developers of Palm OS apps are using Windows. Peter Epstein and others have already explained why the one tool currently only exists on Windows and why it may stay that way. > --- Jim Cooper wrote: > > > > > But not all windows developers use NT/2000 or XP > > > > If they don't then they're either seriously insane, or they like > > spedning hours rebooting every day ;-) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
