From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sat Oct 16 2004 - 21:40:47 PDT
On Oct 16, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Sonny Hung wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:07:52 -0700, Martin Joseph
> <martynt_at_barknaturalpet.com> wrote:
>
>> Even Microsoft agrees with this, that's why they have
>> WindowsCE/PocketPC.
>
> I will have to disagree with you there.
> Microsoft seems to see that there are enough people out there who want
> a device in that particular niche and oblige by offering it.
True, they will make money where ever possible... They certainly have
made many fortunes selling mac software, so you know they aren't picky
:~)
>
> Think about it. If you have a XP box and Pocket PC PDA you need
> ActiveSync to sync it together. Which also offers the need for
> additional software be it a crippled version of Word on the PDA or
> such... It is a very well planned business plan - if you had though
> about it first you would be the one with the well stocked bank acct.
This is true, but ignores the reality, that traditional desktop
operating systems aren't suited to PDA hardware. They aren't efficient
enough and don't have an appropriate interface for the small screen,
of course microsoft missed this second point in windows CE...
There is a very real technical reason they developed Windows
CE/PocketPC rather then just selling windows in that market...
Marty
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