Transplanting a Seattleite

I wonder how much the OS at the bottom matters now.
A lot of the apps are programmed to Qt, Wx Widgets
and maybe some other GUI tool kits. A web browser,
a few tools and it almost takes work to keep people
from trying to build their apps for the new platform.

But I agree, the logic of having a large enough pile
of patents to make the cross licensing game work looks
one major factor. The supply chain stuff look like
the other factor. Having yet another OS -- not so much.

With this 20/20, it makes me wonder why Palm spent $1B+
to write a new OS. And that makes me wonder about the
timeline with Android and the other hand-held OS's.