Comments on: Donna Dubinsky: PalmSource was a mistake http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/17/donna-dubinsky-palmsource-was-a-mistake/ Palm OS / web OS news and opinion source Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/03/17/donna-dubinsky-palmsource-was-a-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-239171 Max Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:35:32 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/?p=5809#comment-239171 The spin-off was a really stupid idea. Palm has no product without Palm OS - why would you want to put a critical element of your business under the leadership of another company? Q: What happens if that company decides not to maintain or license their OS to you anymore? A: You're screwed! You have to write your own OS. Let's call it "web os". Also: It didn't seem like Palm was having a problem getting licensees before the spin-off -- there were gobs of them! So I'm not sure why attracting more licensees would be considered a benefit. A better question: Why exactly would this be a good idea?? The spin-off was a really stupid idea. Palm has no product without Palm OS – why would you want to put a critical element of your business under the leadership of another company?

Q: What happens if that company decides not to maintain or license their OS to you anymore?

A: You’re screwed! You have to write your own OS. Let’s call it “web os”.

Also: It didn’t seem like Palm was having a problem getting licensees before the spin-off — there were gobs of them! So I’m not sure why attracting more licensees would be considered a benefit.

A better question: Why exactly would this be a good idea??

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