Re: Connectivity Pack (was: Re: Organizer)
mikesell (mikesell@macatawa.com)
Sun, 18 Aug 1996 15:03:05 -0400
The _what_ stops _where?_ wrote:
>
> > I too was very dissapointed with the connectivity pack. My impression is
> > that they wanted to have something to sell but didn't want to put a lot of
> > time or money into it.
>
> Well, sort of.
>
> *flame on*
>
> I have a great deal of respect for the HP I grew up loving. But I
> have to say that the decisions to hamstring both products (I have it
> on reliable account that the lion's share of these limitations were
> deliberate on the part of some people, and forced on the SW
> developers) and keep the architecture as closed as it is were *major*
> mistakes.
>
> Any HP people listening? I suggest you rehire any of the 100/200LX
> team who may have left for one reason or another and learn from the
> things Palm/USRobotics are doing *right*. Palm will eat your lunch,
> and I regret saying that, I really do... I wager they already *are.*
> But natural selection is by nature heartless.
>
> I was a real loyalist. I gave the OGO every benefit of the doubt. I
> even championed the lame and limited Connectivity Pack as good enough.
>
> What changed?
>
> After I found out THE HARD WAY that the Connectivity Kit would
> overwrite my last good hot-link backup with zilch once I moved stuff
> into a RAM Card (I acknowledge that it was foolish of me, but I did
> it) I stopped using my OGO entirely.
>
> Fool me once, shame on you.
>
> I still love the legacy of the HP Corvallis products. It appears that
> those days may well be gone forever. Sic transit gloria mundi--It has
> been a long time since the HP-35.
>
> *flame off*
>
> PLEA for HELP:
>
> I'd sort of like to recover the data on the RAM Card--any volunteers
> out there willing to trade me that for (say) lunch or dinner?
>
> /s/
>
> Michael M. (at least I learned Graffiti) Butler
>
>
I guess I started this with my opinion about the organizer. I likewise
bought this product because of the HP name and found the software a
severe disappointment. (Maybe HP should do something to make this
right???) or maybe they would like to defend this software as the type
of value they will be offering in the future. But I guess one poor
product out of what has been a great company isn't too bad but anyone
who bought the connectivity pack is out $100.
Dan