I think it's rather presumptuous to tell a company that they *have* to do something. Putting yourself in their shoes, how would you take it, as a multi million dollar company that was the first in its industry, if some tech website that barely qualifies as 'journalism' started telling you how to run your company. My journalism comment refers to how Engadget is tech news - there's no comprehensive search for truth, it just aggregates and spits out what has happened. I trust you guys to tell me what's up techwise, not for in depth analysis and forecasts.
If you accept as a given that Palm is doing all they can to keep the company alive and growing, then it follows that they believe they are acting in their best interest. In this case, they may believe that using a common OS would make them just another generic option. Forecasting the future of companies may be a hobby to you, but to them, it's not just their job, it's whether or not they'll HAVE a job.
"I think it's rather presumptuous to tell a company that they *have* to do something."
Engadget suddenly thinks they have the authority to micromanage Palm just because they received a response to their original criticism post. Hell, the official response was most likely strictly for damage control purposes and nothing more - in a single letter, the entire Engadget community went from hating Palm to being completely enamored by them.
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John @ Nov 5th 2007 5:22PM
I think it's rather presumptuous to tell a company that they *have* to do something. Putting yourself in their shoes, how would you take it, as a multi million dollar company that was the first in its industry, if some tech website that barely qualifies as 'journalism' started telling you how to run your company. My journalism comment refers to how Engadget is tech news - there's no comprehensive search for truth, it just aggregates and spits out what has happened. I trust you guys to tell me what's up techwise, not for in depth analysis and forecasts.
If you accept as a given that Palm is doing all they can to keep the company alive and growing, then it follows that they believe they are acting in their best interest. In this case, they may believe that using a common OS would make them just another generic option. Forecasting the future of companies may be a hobby to you, but to them, it's not just their job, it's whether or not they'll HAVE a job.
TooMuch @ Nov 5th 2007 6:39PM
Right on!
Mike @ Nov 5th 2007 11:47PM
"I think it's rather presumptuous to tell a company that they *have* to do something."
Engadget suddenly thinks they have the authority to micromanage Palm just because they received a response to their original criticism post. Hell, the official response was most likely strictly for damage control purposes and nothing more - in a single letter, the entire Engadget community went from hating Palm to being completely enamored by them.