One more bites the dust

[Dan Coutu]

Jon maddog Hall wrote:

>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
>  
>
Palm has also announced that they have plans to release products that 
use a Linux-based O/S. That might sit with you better. Now all they have 
to do is actually release it....

Dan