on 11/2/01 6:29 AM, Joel M. Sciamma at joelsciamma_at_compuserve.com wrote:
> Alexandre,
>
>> The idea of a successor to the Newt seems to be a recurring theme here.
>> And we basically have a lot of ideas of what an ideal PDA should be.
>> Yet, we don't have the manpower to build it.
>
> Well, if we could tempt Steve Capps and Walter Smith away from Microsoft,
> lure a hardware genius like Burrell Smith into the fold and get some startup
> capital from somewhere, we could revisit the Newton design with an even
> better object-oriented OS based on an open source model running on available
> chipsets and voila!
>
> It might even be capable of running Newton software in 'emulation'...
>
> Where shall we start?
First thing, I would think, we be to get some capital. You will badly need
it if you want to get Steve Capps and Walter Smith out of Microsoft. I don't
know Burrell Smith, so YMMV with him...
-Laurent.
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