[NTLUG:Discuss] FYI: LINUX IN YOUR PALM

[Daniel Hauck]

So far, I have tested this and I have the following evaluations:

1. It looks so much like PalmOS that I sincerely fail to see the advantage
to using this.  (Okay, maybe porting and adapting other free software to run
on it or something...)

2. They have been more than two months delinquent in releasing the GPL
licensed source code.  Since this is running a Linux kernel, they are
required by the GPL to release the source code.  They are still delinquent
in this requirement in spite of my repeated requests for the source.

3. The demo code isn't especially impressive and interrupts the user
constantly.

4. There is no way to sync or transfer data.

5. The "Breakout" game sucks.

In short, I'd say that it's basically not worth it and I have no faith in
the company.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Flick" <allenflick at home.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:12 AM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] FYI: LINUX IN YOUR PALM


> FYI:
>
> from LINUXWORLD THIS WEEK --- August 16, 2001
>
> PUT LINUX IN YOUR PALM
> (Source: Network World Fusion) You can stamp out the last remnant
> of non-open source software by replacing Palm OS with Empower
> Linux.
> http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=531990
>
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