ChatterEmail Developer Leaves Palm

Ok ... you are out of the Palm community. I hope whatever is next for you works out. Nice code from you for sure!

Subject says it all.

.... why not develop for Nova? Or at least telling people you're planning to do *something* with Palm's new OS....

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That's what it is. Out to make their new pile of money.

Good luck!

Oh noooooooo...2 years of waiting down the drain. I have stuck with my Treo 650 solely because of Chatter. I know Palm is cutting costs, but this is very shortsighted. Chatteremail is the best mobile email client on any platform.

Marc, if you're watching this, lead and I will follow. Please let your loyal fans know if there is a way to keep track of your next moves (Twitter?).

I lose track so many acquisitions ago- Perhaps one of our resident historians can set me straight on precisely how many email solutions Palm Computing, ne Palm, Inc., ne PalmSource, Inc., etc. has purchased and tripped over itself failing to create a single comprehensive email solution? How many? 6? 7?

One has to wonder how one company in Silicon Valley could have the poor luck to continuously make such costly decisions time and time again.

In the immortal words of Ronco: "But, wait, there's more!" Just watch the headlines continue to reveal the sad spiral.

Many mourn the possibilities that might have been from this one-time promising, aspiring firm with a simple mantra that somehow got lost in gold-threaded suits and the ever grander promise of 'the next version of the Palm OS' which never arrived in product form-a chimera on the horizon, ever receding from grasp.

Once again we have a milestone to wait for. After years of disappointment, my expectations are low. Would that I could hope to be pleasantly surprised after all these years.

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Mike Compeau

ain't room for two.

While I know the first thing most folks at PIC do is try to figure out the worst light to put news in this is not that unusual. When a product is bought and the creator goes in the company, the creator often leaves after a year or two. Part of it is when you have been the boss its hard to be an employee. Another part is, as has been mentioned here, he is probably going to develop for Android now that he has gotten some exposure to Linux smaprtphone programing. CA does not allow no compete contracts so he can get out the gate pretty fast. Also notice the Android app store will let you start charging in February. He kept the paycheck as long as he could and probably worked on the Android product on the side. A lot of Palm folks have been attracted to Android and his name would be a pull by itself.

Further, from Palm's POV, after he ported Chattermail to Nova they could let him go and save his probably high salary. Nova is a new OS and while I don't mean to diss his skills, Palm might have rather had lower paid code monkeys that are not hindered by thinking about the code from a garnet standpoint.

Finally, if he wanted out anyway, any Palm stock options he had would be easer to exercise and sell if her was no longer an insider. If he really thinks its gonna tank in the end he might be able to sell on the hop if they have a decent demo at CES. I have to say its been a while since I messed with SEC stuff and I do not recall how long he has to be out to lose his insider status.

"Many men stumble across the truth, but most manage to pick themselves up
and continue as if nothing had happened."
- Winston Churchill

Pushed sideways?

The reason I resigned: My responsibilities had changed enough at Palm that I was no longer enjoying my work, or contributing in a way that I found satisfying. Please note that this should NOT be interpreted as any kind of judgment about Palm, its products (present or future), or the people there; this was very much a personal decision, and I wish Palm well.