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RobertCF · 02-11-05, 06:39 PM

....it depends on what one qualifies as support. Personally, I never expected WM2k3se to be "given". I did, however, expect it to be available for purchase. This is a sore subject with me. Why have fat ROMs if you can't get a newer, better, larger, OS to go in it? I've seen all the lame arguments and justifications as to why they don't, but I don't find them acceptable. They need to go back to completely static ROMs and lower the flipping price of the PDA. The "built-in storage" is virtually useless, and the only reason they bragged about the size of the ROM in the first place was BECAUSE they had more room for upgrading. Now they're only reasonable function is for patches. For pete's sake, they need to get the OS right the first time, make the ROM statice and make it fit the OS. They need to quit telling me not to think of the PDA in the same why I think of my desktop and they need to START thinking of them as tiny desktops. THAT is how people are using them, more and more.

So, yes, I can see how some people feel that when nothing is still produced for the unit that is still considered a viable product it might be considered "dropping support". Or certainly a reduction to the bare minimum.

I go back to my original premise, that Micro$oft needs to further put the hammer down on OEMs (like they did forcing them to all use the same chip) and tell them that PDAs must be universally compatible with the stock operating system they put out. That way consumers can buy the upgrades from M$ (or rather retailers) and not have to get a "special" version from the OEM. The OEMs, in turn, need only worry about providing drivers for their specific add-on components.

THAT is the solution.

02-11-05, 06:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
RobertCF Aximsite Major League Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 463 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Like I said... ....it depends on what one qualifies as support. Personally, I never expected WM2k3se to be "given". I did, however, expect it to be available for purchase. This is a sore subject with me. Why have fat ROMs if you can't get a newer, better, larger, OS to go in it? I've seen all the lame arguments and justifications as to why they don't, but I don't find them acceptable. They need to go back to completely static ROMs and lower the flipping price of the PDA. The "built-in storage" is virtually useless, and the only reason they bragged about the size of the ROM in the first place was BECAUSE they had more room for upgrading. Now they're only reasonable function is for patches. For pete's sake, they need to get the OS right the first time, make the ROM statice and make it fit the OS. They need to quit telling me not to think of the PDA in the same why I think of my desktop and they need to START thinking of them as tiny desktops. THAT is how people are using them, more and more. So, yes, I can see how some people feel that when nothing is still produced for the unit that is still considered a viable product it might be considered "dropping support". Or certainly a reduction to the bare minimum. I go back to my original premise, that Micro$oft needs to further put the hammer down on OEMs (like they did forcing them to all use the same chip) and tell them that PDAs must be universally compatible with the stock operating system they put out. That way consumers can buy the upgrades from M$ (or rather retailers) and not have to get a "special" version from the OEM. The OEMs, in turn, need only worry about providing drivers for their specific add-on components. THAT is the solution.