[wplug] Zaurus UPGRADED

[Vanco, Don]

Bryce Lynch [bryce at telerama.lm.com] wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 06:19:17PM -0500, Robert Coutch wrote:
>> Oh the irony of creating a Linux based PDA with NO LINUX DESKTOP
>> SOFTWARE !!!! Didn't they think that 99% of the people buying
>> Zauruses would be Linux users? 
> 
> I still haven't forgiven them for this.  Apparently the thought never
> crossed their collective mind that this would be so.
	C'mon guys - you're kidding me here right?  You're a company looking
to make money with a new device in an already flooded market.  What do you
pick for the development platform?  Well, the cheapest, of course!  Enter
Embedded Linux.  You want to make the most money possible, right?  Sure you
do...  Well, where are PDA devices found most?  Well with desktop users that
need to sync data.... I suppose.  And who owns the desktop?  Well.....


....etc....

	I love my Zaurus (Zauruses, actually), but have no misgivings at
with whom/where their market lies.  Linux makes it cool, Windoze makes it
sell.

Don