One more bites the dust

[Jon maddog Hall]

I saw the announcement of the new Palm Treo 700w today, and thought I might
take a look at it.  My old phone is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I
thought I might go for a new Treo.

When I go to the page http://web.palm.com/products/smartphones/treo700w/details.jhtml
I saw the agonizing Microsoft logo.  Apparently Palm has decided to put their
"ease of use" on top of the Windows Mobile platform.  It means that every
time I would go to use my phone I would have to be reminded of a monopoly gone
bad.

It is a shame that one of the last bastions of closed source good software
felt they had to partner with someone who is basically their biggest
competitor.

I may never be able to purchase another Palm again.

Sadly,

maddog
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