Palm Inc. Not Going to Be Bought Out

Even the quotes in the story sound like whining. "No, really, we won't be bought .. and we really DO have enough cash . . see?"

Sounds like a lame duck to me . . . .

In fact they grow internally organised, at least what we can see in Europe, like the god old Leronid Brezniew communistic central committee – where the true powerful widely unknown highly important officials, bare of any conciseness of reality and knowledge steers mindless in their black Volgas in the middle of the night somewhere. This party is always right and the individual official can always hide the "common decision” –soviet style at his best.

Nobody had, as far as I know taken any responsibility for the deadwrong business decisions "we must show something, even the product is not here, on the Cebit" which brought the market leader Palm within weeks to their knees and there stocks falling of a cliff.
The worst thing – there seems not to be to much self-cleaning mechanism.
It seems hat this company is so afraid of there own incompetent "high ranking official’s” like Marie Antoinette of here officials - so they can carry on.
That for all that downfall probably responsible Palm central committee is sitting now in Paris seems to make them internally invulnerable – probably as long till Palm files for bankruptcy.
One must not forget that the profit from the European markets contributed more to Palm economy as one outsider would guess.
As long as Palm was a self runner it worked anyhow.

The combined mixture- the building of overhead with the today sensitive business frame was leading to a structure that must come down finally fast on difficult waters.

The fall of Palm has not so much to do with outside matters as ailing markets as the poor CEO mumbled. Its internal – and he knows that only to well.

This wonderful product – in fact not a product but a lifestyle - could have be the pinnacle of the stock exchange – the honourable Carl Yankowsky, a true unsung hero, has well recognised the core of this matter and tries to steer wildly against this own structure by breaking the company up. (Similar as Potter did with Psion and incorporating it in Symbian)
Splitting the company is the best solution for everybody - the devoloper know where they are - and the customers as well.

Given that Psion was never a big company they are under Symbian worse of as before– but they survived. And that alone is a lot, given their product which makes a Studebaker seem fresh of the band– but it could work with Palm this time.

Carl! Do it now - jump now - breakt them up! You have no other choice left.

If Palm fails – Microsoft rules the PDA market– without having raised a finger – MS only has to wait calm till palm swims belly-up down the river...

We all here hope that never happens and we keep our fingers crossed – but were not sure.