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Those of you who are veterans like me in the mobile computing world, it's really cool to think that several years ago, Microsoft was struggling to catch up to Palm with its fledgling devices such as the Sharp Mobilon, HP Jornada, and the Cassiopeias, among others of course, and Palm had such a stronghold on their niche in the market. Even movies loosely used the term "Palm" or "PalmPilot" when in fact some of those devices were actually Microsoft-based.
Fast forward to today and the Palm world is the fledgling one, with companies such as Tapwave, Sony, and Handspring drying out their inventories, a likely Windows port with the Treo device, and them just realizing now that people want more.
I honestly thought in my few fleeting microscopic moments in the past that Microsoft would eventually pull out of the market and leave it to Palm to dominate. But, I should have known better that that is not Microsoft's "way." Either they'll end up buying the remaining pieces of the Palm world, or Palm will dissolve into nothingness.
Of course, Microsoft is no perfect crunching megamachine. Where did I keep that copy of Microsoft Bob?
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