Re: [coldsync-hackers] removable media support

[Lars Bell <lars@praestare.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.


Perhaps this will change.  Palm recently released their public beta 
for the Mac OS X desktop software.  Since Mac OS X is a BSD variant, 
palm should have a very easy time making other variations for Linux 
et al.  (that is if they have the will.)  Time will tell.

Lars Bell
lars@praestare.com

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