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Birth of the Pilot PDA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-history-lesson dept.

Sabah Arif writes "Braeburn has published an in depth history of how Palm Computing transformed itself from a software company that published software for the Zoomer and Newton, into a hardware company with the wildly successful Pilot in 1996."

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  1. Braeburn? by rossdee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AFAIK Braeburn is a type of apple (the fruit not the computer) variety #4103 We grow a lot of them in New Zealand.

    But this story doesnt seem to be anything to do with either apples (fruit of computer) and is not exactly news.

  2. Re:As a record store owner... by smchris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I believe the last time this was posted verbatim, we had decided it was astroturf from the RIAA.

  3. Re:I thought Linus was supposed to be free? by PunkOfLinux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    May I I congratulate your shitty grammar?

    Anyone who can't speak proper english cannot claim to be successful.

    --
    Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is