Re: [NTLK] Newton fund

From: Chris Myers (newtman_at_plumbrook.com)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 09:20:28 EST


Steve,

Do you think that Inkwell is in the Darwin layer of the OS X? If so we might be
able to do this because this layer can be looked at.

Chris

> my vote would be to skip hardware except for legacy support of existing
> units; designing/building new units would easily consume any imaginable
> fund.
>
> perhaps it's time to emulate Apple's example and move toward 'nix.
>
> port Newton core (HWR, object libraries, NewtonScript, ...) to Linux --
> - use other new hardware already out there, e.g., iPaq, Zaurus, ...
> - leverage software development tools & dev community (Java or C++, but
also
> NS if that's ported) and update to new standards (XML, SOAP, etc.)
> - focus on the integration and user experience where the Newton excelled
>
> --
> Steve
> weyer_at_kagi.com
> Newton apps/tools: Newt's Cape, newtVNC, NewtDevEnv, Sloup, Crypto,...
> http://www.kagi.com/weyer/
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