4/14/01 3:48:39 AM, Tim Rowledge <tim at sumeru.stanford.edu> wrote:

>Alan Kay <Alan.Kay at disney.com> is widely believed to have written:
>
>>       Palm is not selling into a SW value oriented market, but into a 
>> consumer one. 

The market has yet to embrace a mindset capable of fully understanding the difference. 
Either that or it just isn't interested in paying for it. 

> > They are probably working on a better theory of 
>> implementation right now (just as MS and Apple had to) because they 

gotta be able crawl before you can walk. Apple may have to relearn this.

>> couldn't see ahead or even understand the actual state of the art 
>> when they started.
>They're also going to be able to make some big improvements in their
>system soon since they have decided to go with ARM cpus for the future.
>Lots more mips to play with, even better battery life. And an
>intelligable instruction set :-)
>
>tim
>-- 

ARM is certainly easier to read. it does have a few wrinkles tho. 

Darrell


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