Re: [NTLK] Off-Topic Linux (PDA) Question

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 18:25:03 EST


on 10/30/01 9:07 PM, David Orriss Jr at dave_at_davenet.net wrote:

> I didn't enjoy WinCE on a PDA, and I'm concerned that in
> making linux fit in a PDA we will see some of the same shortcomings service.

But Linux is not the UI, am I right? You could design your own UI over the
linux kernel or whatever they call that stuff. (coming from a Mac
perspective, I pay little attention to Linux and Windows...) :-)

> However, the jury is still out for me at this point. I'd like to see a
> JavaOS PDA. Considering all the Java work I do, that would rock.. :)

But wouldn't a Java OS PDA be as slow as molasses in January on anything but
the fastest processors? Also, I have yet to see anything written in Java
that was actually useful, although I would be glad to be proven wrong on
this. It seems that Java is the buzzword-compliant platform with little to
show for all its "promise." :-) Somebody show me something! (Or is it like
Open Doc--promise of "solutions" but no real answers...)

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Jon Glass
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