Re: Connectivity Pack (was: Re: Organizer)

Ezra Shapiro (ezra@interramp.com)
Sun, 18 Aug 1996 16:12:26 -0700

At 3:03 PM 8/18/96, mikesell wrote:
>I guess I started this with my opinion about the organizer. I likewise
>bought this product because of the HP name and found the software a
>severe disappointment. (Maybe HP should do something to make this
>right???) or maybe they would like to defend this software as the type
>of value they will be offering in the future.

I wonder what the timing was for the Connectivity Pack, the USR purchase
of Palm, the decision to develop the Pilot, etc. Because the Conn-Pack
was written by Palm and certainly looks like an early stab at what grew
into the Pilot system (Palm OS).

I also wonder, now that USR/Palm is a direct competitor in this market,
whether HP is now stuck with nowhere to turn for improvements in the
Connectivity Pack.

HP *used* to develop all this sort of stuff on their own; sometimes it
was awful and sometimes it was phenomenal. This is where working with
third parties will get you, I guess.

-Ezra

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