Re: [NTLK] Newton vs. Pocket PC 2002 (aka WindowsCE 3.0)

From: Ken Hagler (khagler_at_orange-road.com)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 09:36:30 EST


on 2/13/2002 5:53 AM, Apostolos Koutropoulos wrote:

> --- I can't believe I am saying this, but microsoft needed to make a
> decision about what to support, and going with the strongARM was the best
> choice IMHO. One company can't support the same OS for many different
> processors. It creates chaos. I support microsoft's decision.

The Newton OS was designed to support different processors--that's why
packages written on MP130s still run just fine on MP2x00s. So it is
possible.

Of course, just because something is possible doesn't mean _Microsoft_ can
do it... :-)

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