OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21737/Palm_webOS_SDK_Leaked Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:39:42 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com I don't believe, sometimes... http://osnews.com/thread?370634 http://osnews.com/thread?370634 Sometimes it looks for me like some companies are using such "leaks" like marketing tools. What's the point of such behavior? I must be to simple guy to follow all these intrigues, high-level strategies... Or I just don't believe in good intentions of any company today.

It doesn't matter if it was "controlled leak" or not. In both scenarios it's bad thing. I'm not happy with that. One option is, that someone really wanted this "leak" for some unknown reason, the other is that someone just make this leak because he is not responsible.

Are you happy with that? I'm not. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (wawrzyn) Comments ... http://osnews.com/thread?370639 http://osnews.com/thread?370639 I've hear that GNOME 3 source code has been leaked also. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hiev) Comments RE: I don't believe, sometimes... http://osnews.com/thread?370642 http://osnews.com/thread?370642 The use of 'leaks' have been used for years; from politics to business the best way to get a 'feel' for how people react to a given idea or product is to 'leak it' so then at least one can quickly distance oneself from the product to save face by claiming it was an incredibly early beta and there is a lot more work to be done (if people complain about flaws in the design (not implementation)) or some other reasoning.

What I think will be the interesting part will be how Palm approach the matter; are they going to come down on enthusiasts like a tonne of bricks (and I call them enthusiasts because I don't see any malicious intent, assuming it was a leak, it speaks for the enthusiasm people have for this new platform) or will they cut to the chase, launch it as a pre-beta, and use it as an opportunity to say how enthusiastic developers are for this new product (which could also help their share price).Edited 2009-06-28 01:25 UTC Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments Palm Should Release the Beta Now, Not Later http://osnews.com/thread?370649 http://osnews.com/thread?370649 IMO, Palm should openly release the beta version to everybody right away. If it's beta, it means it's not finished yet and everybody understands that. Besides, nothing is ever finished in the computer world, so who cares? That's how Microsoft and the others stay in business, right? Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Mapou) Comments RE: Palm Should Release the Beta Now, Not Later http://osnews.com/thread?370650 http://osnews.com/thread?370650
IMO, Palm should openly release the beta version to everybody right away. If it's beta, it means it's not finished yet and everybody understands that. Besides, nothing is ever finished in the computer world, so who cares? That's how Microsoft and the others stay in business, right?


True ;)

But one also has to recognise the difference between interface stability (in the form of API's) and product stability. I'd assume that the reason why they hadn't released it was because WebOS is still undergoing some changes as demonstrated by the quick succession of updates. I'm sure Palm doesn't want to release an SDK only to find that over the next 6 months there will be major interface changes as things settle down and thus leave software developers aiming at a moving target. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments yes, minister http://osnews.com/thread?370655 http://osnews.com/thread?370655 "The ship of governement is the only ship that leaks from the top" ;) Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mojmir) Comments RE: yes, minister http://osnews.com/thread?370660 http://osnews.com/thread?370660
"The ship of governement is the only ship that leaks from the top" ;)


lol, reminds me of the question from the reporter, "so, how would you like it represented? sources close to the prime minister? anonymous insider divulges information?"

Mind you, they do say the definition of pickaniny is: "the process where by the prime minister is chosen" (courtesy of, "I'm sorry I haven't a clue"). Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: yes, minister http://osnews.com/thread?370666 http://osnews.com/thread?370666 Great citation! :-) It will be my email signature :-) Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (wawrzyn) Comments