Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 24th Feb 2004 18:34 UTC
The voice, the man, the... machine. That's George Hoffman for you. According to people who have worked with him (including my husband) he is one of the brightest Be, Inc. engineers ever. These days, George works at PalmSource, Inc. as the Director of Applications and Services. In his free time he sings with an (a cappella) vocal band of 4, Hookslide (check out their .wmv promo video clip)! In this interview we talk about PalmOS 6, aka Cobalt. We discuss the architecture of the OS, its capabilities, its market targets and more. Screenshots of Cobalt are included.
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Can someone enlighten me about Palm and File Systems? Why would we want traditional file systems features or architectures in a Palm? Like Mac OS being traded for Unix, I wonder if this is a step forward or a step sideways. One of the things that makes a Palm OS device so easy for people to use is that there is no hierarchy of storage. Each app "stores" its own documents. The user needs never consider applications and file types. I like it this way. In fact, if you've seen the latest article from Michael Phipps of OpenBeOS, you'll see that the Glass Elevator folks are discussing the use of BFS and the UI of the OS in a more Palm-like way (which, I at first was weary of but after talking with Michael, I think the ideas are right on target).
Hey, while on this topic... what file system would be used if Palm OS started to have that? Would it be exposed to users or only developers and hackers?
And, one last thing... A COMMAND LINE in a Palm OS?? EW!
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