| Daniel Brown 2008-02-25, 7:06 pm |
| On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:58 AM, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote:
> Um. Palm OS Garnet (what every remotely modern Treo runs) is completely
> incapable of running multiple simultaneous processes without hacking the OS
> beyond recognition. It is an absolutely horrid concept for a server, if it
> were even possible to port Apache, MySQL, and PHP to Palm OS (which in no way
> resembles Unix, Linux, Windows, or anything even remotely Posix). I don't
> know if anyone has successfully managed to port Linux to a modern Treo, but
> even if they had it would be just to prove that they can, not because it
> would be actually usable.
>
> Seriously, don't even waste time thinking about making a Palm device into a
> dev server. There are some mobile devices you can do that to; this ain't one
> of them.
>
> (Disclaimer: I currently own and use a Treo 680, and used to work as an IT
> journalist reviewing, among other things, Palm handhelds and smartphones.
> That was a few years ago, but I've not heard anything to suggest that
> anything has even remotely changed in this regard. In fact, everything I
> hear is lamenting that it hasn't. <g> )
Thanks for the insight, Larry. Much appreciated.
However, as stated, I'm using (yes, I did buy it) the Palm 700wx,
which has Windows Mobile 5.0. I should've mentioned the operating
system, but I figured those familiar with Palm devices would recognize
the ###p and ###w/###wx letter-endings. ;-P (Just kidding.... I only
realized it myself this morning. I've had about 0.0001% experience
with Palm before this w end.)
So perhaps a better question is, has anyone had any luck doing
WAMP on Windows Mobile (specifically v5.0)?
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</Dan>
Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix G
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