There's been many a company that's been squashed like a bug by Microsoft by releasing their technology before they had to, or by not protecting their property sufficiently -- Microsoft is an *extremely* preditory company. I really don't know why Palm is so protective with their releases, or if Microsoft has anything to do with it. But with an 800-pound gorilla like Microsoft around, that likes to steal bananas from others, I don't blame them.
Pre-Releasing a development environment and protecting intellectual property are two completely different animals. You are right by saying that a company should not release thiner product in to the market if it is not protected properly by copyrights and patents, etc... However, PPC already does most of the things that PalmOS does. PalmOS is playing catchup in this aspect. This fact alone should motivate them to entice developers by throwing them a bone every now and then. I would have been happy with some preliminary documentation to help understand we would need to do to take advantage of the new OS.
Brad
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