Re: [iPAQ] Commercial Linux on iPAQ straw poll

I've been in support of it since I was at PaineWebber and put Linux on
my ipaq. At the time I was working on various handheld and wireless
projects related to PaineWebber's business line.

Several companies I was working with were also interested in porting
their software to a handheld linux platform if a coherent, supported one
existed (it didn't then).

Now that more than one exists (Qtopia, Zarus stuff, Centuries Stuff,
etc.) I'm hoping compaq finally decides to support at least one. Their
competitors certainly are (Sharp for example).

I'm also hoping that Compaq does not just decide to take this 'in-house'
and work on it without the community either. What benefits them will
also benefit us (handhelds.org) and vice versa.

Just my 2 cents from someone who hasn't had enough time to contribute a
lot lately.

On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 12:31, Christian, Andrew wrote:
> At the request of Compaq management, I'm taking an informal straw poll
> of interest in having an officially support Linux distribution on the
> iPAQ (as opposed to the current unofficial distributions).
>
> The kind of information we really need is business interest, not just
> personal. If you're working on a project or for a company where an
> officially support Linux distribution would make a real difference,
> please send me your thoughts on what you are doing and what the official
> Linux distribution should include.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
Received on Thu Jan 10 15:09:10 2002