And by the same train of thought, I am prepared to write more gnome-vfs methods for MP3 players :) Cheers On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 02:05, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > The problem is that the developers have to *have* a Sharp Zaurus before > they can implement support for it. > > Eventually, when the Sharp Zaurus is commonplace, I'm sure the support > will be as great as the Palm (because by that point a lot of developers > will have them and so there will be a drive to support them). > > Until that happens you might as well be speaking to a brick wall :-) > > Maybe you could jumpstart the process by offering to provide the Sharp > Zaurus's for developers? ;-) > > Jeff > > On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 20:46, Gene Ruebsamen wrote: > > Alright, > > > > This needs to be addressed. Sharp has produced and recently released one of > > best PDA's on the market. And guess what!? It uses Linux as it's O.S. > > > > While Sharp is willing to produce a wonderful, yet powerful PDA that not > > only broadens the number of platforms Linux is availiable on, but also > > provide great documentation for Developers.. I find it a bit odd that both > > of the Major desktops (GNOME & KDE) fully support the 3Com Palm Pilot, yet > > have absolutely no support for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5x00 series even though > > developer units have been availiable for almost 6 months now! > > > > I use Gnome daily as my desktop. I would love to see Zaurus support and > > Integration (on the level of what the Palm Pilot has). I would hope we can > > capatalize on this great PDA, and show other companies that when they > > support the Open Source community, great things can happen. I would hate to > > see the Zaurus die a slow and painful death due to lack of support. > > > > Lets help the Zaurus out. Any takers? -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net
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