On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 07:30 AM, Steve Weyer wrote:
>
> my vote would be to skip hardware except for legacy support of existing
> units; designing/building new units would easily consume any imaginable
> fund.
>
I agree with this. Personally I think trying to reinvent the Newton
Hardware is just too much for us to tackle and frankly I'm pretty happy
with the way it is.
> 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
I totally agree that focusing on the Newton user experience and trying
to think of a way to actually migrate it to a hardware platform with a
brighter future is the ONLY hope of "new" newtons.
Aside from that, I kind of think the fund idea is out of control. I do
appreciate the ideas, but I am skeptical of the actual process and
personally am more inclined to spend my money directly on software that
I think extends the Newton for me.
Paul, John and Hiroshi(sp?) are good examples of people who are
currently providing fantastic upgrades to Newt and I plan on paying for
both ATA support and for newtSync as well as the Wavelan driver.
I'm already a registered Newtscape user, but would love to pay for a
new version of that too(hint hint).
Marty
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