Okay, okay. We can argue about the numbers all day. And maybe another thread for that might be fun to do. But in this one, let's try to stick a bit closer to the multitasking/multithreaded discussion, please.
It sounds like part of the argument from TVoR is that PalmSource can't deliver on Palm for Linux in the timeframe that's planned, and that they have not implemented proper multitasking, a decent modern UI, or resolved their existing software issues yet, and that unless they make some strides forward remembering "simplicity first" for the user experience, the market will slip away, and might even be slipping away now depending on what numbers you read.
Those are all points that can be discussed and probably would create a lot of interest, but I think it's way too much to tackle in a single thread, so let's try to focus on the multi-tasking and application switching in this thread. I'm with surur...
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BTW, I still have not see anybody address the disadvantages of Saved State vs multi-tasking yet. Isn't this what the whole thread is all about?
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The only things that have been suggested as disadvantages of saved state that I'm aware of are: 1) It might be harder to develop under that paradigm, and 2) If not done right by developers, it damages the user experience.
And an advantage of the PalmOS approach is that you don't waste the system resources running multiple applications when you don't need to.
But I haven't seen anything that really indicates to me that there's all that much advantage on either side of the fence...