Missteps forced Palm's hand

Submitted by tuxtops on Tue, 09/27/2005 - 18:05

When Palm ruled the handheld computing market, few thought it would ever have to partner with Microsoft. Palm CEO Ed Colligan spent several days in Cannes in February 2004 talking up the Treo handheld computing device over its Windows-based competitors. But that same week, away from the massive 3GSM trade show, he was secretly meeting with the enemy.

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tuxtops

Tue, 09/27/2005 - 18:45

Palm did the right thing to go with Microsoft. PalmSouce could not deliver what Palm wanted, especially after going for PalmOS 6 instead of keeping compatibility and evolving PalmOS 5 itself. While PalmOS 6 is WAY better than OS5, "better" doesn't always means "good" in business. Consumers care about compatibility most and foremost.