Hi Mang,
I was going to let the "Audrey runs the Palm OS debate" to rest, but your claim of Palm applications should theoretically run on Audrey is really misleading.
I have done zero research on Audrey, but it is simply not possible for Audrey to run on the Palm OS. Yes, Audrey may have added Hot Synch from Palm, it may have ported over the touch screen driver to QNX, and it may even customized the QNX UI to that of the Palm OS, BUT in no way that it makes any sense to say that Audrey is running the Palm OS.
What is an OS?
Memory management, process management, file management, and divers.
Which part of Audrey OS modules is based on the Palm OS? None! Because the Palm OS is not possible to manage such resources.
It's one thing for Mace to say simple is beautiful. At the same time, please realize that from most standpoint, the Palm OS may not even be qualified to be called an OS. It's a wonderful "OS" for the PDA market today, just as DOS was great for x86 systems. But in not way, one should even suggest that the Palm OS can be used for anything other than handheld computers.
C/Net or ZD/Net can say whatever they want about how Audrey is running the Palm OS. This is garbage journalism. And if you or anyone else think more carefully about this claim would rule it nothing but garbage journalism.
Happy new year to you and everyone else.
Khan |
