sflocal

GeorgeBMac said:

sflocal said:

I used to be a Palm developer back in the day. Loved their devices.  Unfortunately, they had really burned their developer base.  Most abandoned the platform after the introduction of the iPhone.

Management treated their developers badly.  PalmOS has shut down.  WebOS for the Treo was coming but by then the damage was done.  I still remember clear as day the head of marketing personally contacting me to get me back to developing for their platform.  She was quite enthusiastic about Palm’s future.

I told her her company was on borrowed time and the best thing she could do is look for another job before Palm shuts down due to company mismanagement.  I would not spend one iota more of my life contributing to such a badly-run company.

We all knew the iPhone spelled the end of Palm.  The rest afterwards was history.  Talk about a bunch of monkeys running the company.

it was a wild time back then.  Apple had really caught the industry off guard.

Thanks!   That was interesting and informative....

For myself, I wondered what was going on because it was clear that, although the company had a really good product, that it was not progressing or fulfilling its potential -- particularly knowing the lucrative, corporate market that they had tapped into.

Regardless though, it took years for Apple to catch up to what those devices could do.  And, in fact, there are still features that I still miss.

Palm management were literally taking the money and running out the company in its final years.  PalmOS had shut down with little to no news for developers and management gave no indication about WebOS.  They really left us hanging out to dry.  Rubenstein came on board and essentially ran the company into the ground.  He had zero clue what to do.  It was really sad.  Palm could have been a real contender against the iPhone but management was just like a deer looking at headlights.

GeorgeBMac said:

I didn't switch over to an iPhone till the iPhone 5 was released.
Till then my Samsung smart phone & later Palm Treo -- which was a combination of Palm Pilot and cell phone that could browse the internet actually met my functional needs far better than an iPhone:  Not only could it store my medical manuals that I needed on the run but it could use GPS mapping to get me around the county from patient to patient.

It was mostly the demise of the Palm operating system that pushed me into switching to an iPhone -- and that was a mixed blessing blessing:  I gained a better web browser with a bigger screen but lost the medical manuals and the mapping stunk.

While most focus on the UI, for me the question was:  "What will it do for me?"  And the answer to that was that Palm based phones did more.

I used to be a Palm developer back in the day. Loved their devices.  Unfortunately, they had really burned their developer base.  Most abandoned the platform after the introduction of the iPhone.

Management treated their developers badly.  PalmOS has shut down.  WebOS for the Treo was coming but by then the damage was done.  I still remember clear as day the head of marketing personally contacting me to get me back to developing for their platform.  She was quite enthusiastic about Palm’s future.

I told her her company was on borrowed time and the best thing she could do is look for another job before Palm shuts down due to company mismanagement.  I would not spend one iota more of my life contributing to such a badly-run company.

We all knew the iPhone spelled the end of Palm.  The rest afterwards was history.  Talk about a bunch of monkeys running the company.

it was a wild time back then.  Apple had really caught the industry off guard.

tokyojimu said:

And all for something that’s perfectly legal in many states. 

Well... it didn't help his persona for carrying a loaded pistol in his car.  Seriously.  Sure, I get that THC/Pot is legal in many states now, but considering this guy's track record for getting himself in trouble with the law he should have learned something by now.

I'm a huge fan of Tim Cook, but I have to disagree with him here.  Sure, the tariffs will hurt in the immediate timeframe, but with what China has been doing for ages, I'd gladly take a little pain now for a long term gain in the long run.  China needs a strong smack in the face and a message sent that we (the world) will no longer continue the status quo.

icodewell said:

It's called a debate. It's a place where people share conflicting ideas and opinions. It's OK not to agree without resorting to name calling. That's usually an indication of immaturity or a bad counter-argument. Let's keep it classy and listen to each other.

You can call it a "debate" if you want.  People try to pass off their opinions as fact, or they're under the false belief that their needs is what the market should be.  Wrong in every way.