Timothy R.Butler wrote:
Hi Doug,
I think Palm is holding its own. Or maybe better than.
True - but they certainly aren't doing great either. :-\ I'm hoping they will be able to hold their own, or maybe get bought by Sony (Sony is doing a really good job with PalmOS stuff).
get free telephone help. I don't think Be was ever a contender,
No, although Microsoft killed them with their OEM licenses.
BE just didn't catch very many interested people.
even tho it was interesting. DeLorme has very good map software, and I doubt that MS is up to it. It also supports GPS.
Quarterdeck is obsolete. I don't think MS put them under, it just wasn't
Well Quaterdeck had DESQview, which was killed by Windows, IIRC.
DESQview was kill more by OS/2 than Windows. Back in the good old BBS days, many sysops ran DESQview until OS/2 came out. You could run multiple instances of your board very smoothly under OS/2. Windows 3/3.1 choked on one instance.
necessary anymore. AFAIK, RealAudio is still around. I don't know how they make any money on free downloads, tho.
True, but like Palm, I think they are suffering. I'm glad Real is still around though. :-)
Real created a lot of their own troubles with their dumb licensing schemes.
Overall, I was just listing the injured and casualities of war with Microsoft. NEVER, EVER think you can sit back with a better product and beat Microsoft - you must do much much more.
The same could be said about any line of business. IBM was once the king of PC's, then along came a little company called Compaq...