On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 01:56:13PM -0700, William Kendrick wrote:
> > Do I really want to run X on a PDA?
>
> For 'rapid application development' (not to be confused with "RAD" :) ),
> having X11 available makes things _so_ easy.
>
> Even the Yopy finally decided to drop W Windows or whatever it was
> using and go for regular plain old X11. Having that kind of compatibility
> blows the doors open for development.
>
> I've already written four X11-based games for the thing (most in a span
> of about a week and a half, thanks to how easy development is... it's
> just a Linux box, for most practical concerns!), and began porting
> a pair of emulators (Atari 2600 game system and Atari 8-bit computer).
Yeah - I think Bill's pretty much proven beyond all doubt how
convenient X-based PDAs are for development. He literally ripped off
these games in no time at all. I was amazed at seeing his name at the
Linux Game Tome (which I peruse pretty much every day) about every
other day. Eventually I realized that if it said 'Agenda' and 'Game'
together anywhere, I could pretty much count on 'Bill Kendrick' being
in there too.
> Anyway, for $180, this little PDA was a steal. :)
I am seriously lusting after that baby.
Micah
