I was trying to conjure up an image of someone facing the 90 MPH pitch of Apples IOS fastball and not a street fight, LoL.

It is hard to knock one out of the park if the only thing your team can provide you with is a broomstick.

That Palm OS and the Palm Pre were pretty dang elegant if you ask me. A hit that should have at least got them on base... but it didn't.

I don't know what his role was in the OS but the design certainly didn't take a back seat to or was dictated by hardware decisions made by others.

It is good to know someone with that kind of experience is finally on board. It will be some time before we know if Nokia gives him access to the resources he needs or he just ends up banging his head against Nokia's walls.

The downside of all this is that whatever he did for Palm is now a work product owned by HP. I'm sure they have a Sauron like eye focused on MeeGo and an army of Orcan lawyers may now be sharpening their weapons.

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Howzat for a mixed metaphor?
...Baseball and Middle Earth