Would Ubuntu be the first distro to support Pocket PC devicesout of the box?

[David Eriksson]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 22:23, mduduzi wrote:
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> I third it :)  I also have trouble with my iPAQ on linux - it'd be
> great 
> to have it work straight out of  the box
> 
> 
> But... is it really worth spending development effort and resources
> towards M$ based products? These guys deliberately design
> non-interoperability into they systems and products and then go and try
> and coerce goverments into passing questionable laws in order to protect
> their businesses.

That's a good point, but I personally think that if someone owns a
Windows CE device they should be able to connect it to Linux.

> I would not be surprised if there could be support for syncing Pocket
> PC devices, there'd be a service pack that'll kill all of that so as
> get users back on windoze.

That is also a good point, but for several reasons I see this as very
unlikely.

> I think it's better to start budgeting for a PDA based on open
> standards or at least by companies with open and honest strategies.

That's another project! :-)

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