Ed Hansberry
04-06-2002, 05:48 PM
<a href="http://allnetdevices.com/wireless/news/2002/04/04/rim_to.html">http://allnetdevices.com/wireless/news/2002/04/04/rim_to.html</a><br /><br />"Research In Motion (RIM) Thursday announced that it has become the latest vendor of wireless devices to offer its technology as a platform on which other, potentially competing, vendors can build mobile devices."<br /><br />Transitioning from a device company can be very painful, something <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=656">Palm can attest to,</a> and it still hasn't completely shown it to be successful. Microsoft never had to deal with the transition. They started out as software only from day one.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,93004,tk,dn040402X,00.asp">PCWorld also has an article here,</a> and it offers RIM's solution to that transition problem. "Although Palm offers its OS to handheld and handset manufacturers, the difference, according to Balsillie, is that the Palm OS is a particular implementation and does not allow for the same level of product diversification. "Sun's Java is a specification, not an implementation. Every hardware is different. Sun is a spec and a policeman to make sure you adhere to that spec," Balsillie says."<br /><br />Ok, there is the "Java, write once, run anywhere" miracle solution again. Lets see if RIM is any more successful than other Java proponents that never can seem to get out of neutral.