"Jim Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > i dont mind people being turned off palmos development - it means us, > > the ones who have figured it out is actually in a better position :) > > Sure. While the platform exists you can charge more money :-) > > > we know how to use it, zero learning curve for us now :) > > Sadly, I have trouble convincing developers new to PDA programming to > use the PalmOS. They look at the PalmOS dev tools choices (and there are > a **lot** more), and then VS .NET, and make the decision to go with PPC > in about 2 seconds flat. As things stand now, they're going to run into > some issues using the .NET CF, as some things just can't be done (at > least not without writing unmanaged code), and some areas like syncing > are very weak. But they won't find that out until they've committed to > the platform, and MS will address the problem areas at some point.
I am curious. Why don't they compare the expected revenue streams from writing for both platforms? It is wonderfull to have fine tools, but if nobody buys the resulting products, who cares? -- Sander van der Wal www.mBrainSoftware.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
