Re: [coldsync-hackers] removable media support

[Jeff Rush <jrush@taupro.com>]

"David A. Desrosiers" wrote:
> 
>         Remember, Coldsync and pilot-link and JPilot and Evolution all sync
> with the Palm devices, and all are currently directly in their path as
> competition for their software dominance of the Palm handheld space.

I don't understand this -- how can those packages be _in their path_
when
*they don't make products for Linux !?!?!*  I've heard this before, and
I believe it but I don't understand it.  Heck I'd like it if they _did_
enter the Linux market more strongly (I've written emails to Palm in
response to their email/spamming that I've no interest in non-Linux
conduits/apps).

Their policy also makes _no_ sense in that unless they embrace the
penguin, the Linux PDAs are going to have their lunch in 3-5 years.
They need to make friends in this market segment, not enemies.  It's
a three-way horse race (CE, PalmOS, Linux) with them in the lead but
their lead is gradually eroding if you read the market stats.  They
have the beginnings of a problem on their hands.


>         Adding VFS support will happen though, but the ARM platform may
> change all that, since the OS5 API is much different than the OS4 API, with
> regard to "proper" code; i.e. null pointers, file descriptors, a "real"
> filesystem, etc.

I too would like info on the new OS API, if there is public info.  Or
did
you pick up that info privately at the Palm conference last week?  It
sounds like they are moving toward a more traditional OS, which means
the OS becomes a commodity and the apps become more portable.

-Jeff Rush

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