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Originally Posted by Bob-C
I don't know what is going on with the delay concerning the letter being posted up on Treocentral's front page. With the holiday I figured it might be delayed but I had assumed that it would be up by now. I am going to try to find out today and will let everyone know what the deal is within the next 24 hours.
Thanks for email address RocketDude. There's no downside in trying it but I want to hear back from TC first.
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here's the reason for the delay: the letter has actually sparked an interesting conversation amongst the editorial staff here at TC. What does it mean to post such a letter on the frontpage, where's the line between what "TC Says" and what the "Community says," etc. And to be frank: I'm not keen on 'springing' this sort of thing on the world without fair warning. Oh, one more reason, I'm kinda busy.
Basically, as I think I've said before, I'm sympathetic to both sides here. Aggravating that there isn't a clearer kind of communication from Palm. But also sympathetic to Palm in that they're not a gigantic company, have to deal with carrier approval processes, that (to be blunt) we still mostly just have anecdotal evidence of issues and not proof that there's real bugs (though, again, that issue would be solved with better communication).
Here's my recommendation if you don't want to wait: Bob-C could start a new thread with the letter in PDF form as an attachment in the first post. Explain the letter and have the thread be the official "reply here to 'sign' the open letter" and keep this current thread around (and link it in the new thread) for more general discussion. I could then more easily post a front-page story about how you folks as a community have rallied together to make a statement about how you'd like better communication from Palm.