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elbowz- in theory any Turing machine can emulate another Turing machine. That does not mean its useful or elegant to emulate a proper modern OS on a Palm.
PalmOS was designed to work like cheap casio databanks, which also just happened to be able to run other software. Win Ce was designed from the start to be a modern 32 bit OS. On Palms the hacks keep multiplying trying to catch up with modern computers e.g the cooperative multi-tasking solution, and this has made the device more and more unstable.
Meanwhile Windows Mobile continues to grow into its potential as a do-it-all grownup OS.
On POS its now acceptable to soft-reset 6-9 times per day. 2 seconds lag is now perfectly normal, and 6 seconds is just peachy too. Due to the cobbled together OS they are also not getting the latest software, while WM benefits from easy porting from desktop apps. Music stutters when played in the background with almost every activity. These things are accepted for the much vaunted "Zen of Palm". They even pay over the odds for all this.
Some people remain in abusive relationships due to poor self-esteem. I think that explains a lot about Palmistas.
Surur
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