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Old 12-13-2006, 09:36 PM
Ed@Brighthand
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whydidnt
I know Cobalt flopped, but did that flop because it was a bad idea, or because Palm and later PalmSource refused to fully invest in it?
Cobalt flopped because it was flawed from the beginning. The people who were in charge of its development were the same people who had created the Be OS, and Cobalt had the same flaws. Basically, it was long on eye candy and short on real functionality.
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