Re: the worst PDA of all time

Retrograde wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:49:24 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Notice, though, how Microsoft’s FUD power has weakened each time it
>> has wielded it: it destroyed Go, was only partially successful against
>> Palm, failed against Linux, and was completely humiliated over
>> Android.
>>
>> Nowadays I think it has learned to keep its carnivorousness on a leash
>> over new products like the Steam Deck.
>>
>> Bonus fun fact: did you know Windows XP was designed from the ground
>> up to support tablets with a pen interface? From his Comdex 2001
>> keynote
> 
> I remember tablet technology at the time was pretty awful, basically a
> WinXP laptop folded back on itself, with too much weight, lousy pen
> interfaces, and all the hardware issues WinXP was known for, like
> unreliable suspend/restore, and the things had spinning rust hard
> drives in them.  Lousy experience, no wonder nobody wanted crappy
> hardware with crappy software welded onto it.
> 
> SSDs and all the advances of iphone/ipad and android tablets made
> tablets something worth using.
> 
> Fond memories of when Billg and co would announce a competing product
> simply to dampen the enthusiasm of the market.  Good Lord I hated that
> era.
> 

Trey took time off this Fall in old Albuquerque;
His own software business, we hope not a turkey.
(The profits are murky).