Cuz doesn't matter whether it's the engineers or the suits, in the end, to us mere users, it was Palm.
On 3/6/2010 9:21 PM, Craig Froehle wrote: > > > How is this like your story? > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM, John Messeder <[email protected] > <mailto:jmesseder%40comcast.net>> wrote: > > Thing is, to those of us less plugged in or paying less attention, it's > > like a fellow told a credit window associate at Sears a bunch of > years back. > > She said she was sorry for the inconvenience, but she was not > > responsible for setting the policy, and he said, > > Then please find me someone who is responsible because right now > > you *are* Sears & Roebuck, and I'm an unhappy customer. > > > > On 3/6/2010 8:21 PM, Craig Froehle wrote: > >> > >> Palm was VERY active in trying to replace Palm OS. But, senior > >> management got in the way of the engineers through a series of > >> corporate upheavals, including spinning off PalmSource, licensing Palm > >> OS, and merging PalmSource with ACCESS (an Asian company). Through > >> all that, the engineers at both Palm & PalmSource were quite busy > >> trying to gin up a new OS based on Linux. However, the marketing and > >> corporate elements of the companies were more focused on other things, > >> so the constant undulation in the company frustrated the technical > >> efforts. > >> > >> That's what I've gotten 2nd- and 3rd-hand, but if there are any former > >> (or current) Palm employees on here who want to elaborate, please, be > >> my guest. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
