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Hi, I'm 'Palm Ninja'.
I'll talk you about our machines;
PILOT, PalmPilot, PalmPilot Pro, Palm III, and WorkPad.
Have you ever read the following lines?
"PILOT, Palm Pilot, Palm Pilot Pro, Palm III, and WorkPad..."
"PILOT/Palm Pilot/Palm Pilot Pro/Palm III/WorkPad..."
You saw it about 10 seconds ago.
Which do you like them?
Before thinking that, do your sight become more poor?
Or do you get a headache?
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Perhaps,
the above history of the generic name of our machines
had made this confusion.
So, I'll propose that we should call
the generic name of our machines as "Palm/Pilot"
"Palm/Pilot" means the gerneric name of all machines;
PILOT, Palm Pilot, PalmPilotPro, Palm III,and somettimes WorkPad.
At 1998.4.29,
I proposed this general name "Palm/Pilot" only in Japan,
after the release of Palm III.
And now, it have taken root perfectly in Japan.
You can find the book whose name "Palm/Pilot Perfect Navigation Book"
in Japanese book stores.
Japanese people don't need to write the following lines;
"PILOT, Palm Pilot, Palm Pilot Pro, Palm III, and WorkPad..."
"PILOT/Palm Pilot/Palm Pilot Pro/Palm III/WorkPad..."
Because we can write only "Plam/Pilot".
I won't force anoybody this name.
But, if you like it, please use this name.
Somebody calls "Palm Pilot" as the generic name of our machines.
But I can't recognize that it is the best name.
Because "Palm Pilot" is the one name of them at the same time.
And sombody calls "PalmOS machines" as the generic name of them.
It's not bad. But I miss the name of "Pilot".
"Pilot" has a great memories of the history of our machines.
So, I wanted to continue using the word "Pilot" in the near future "Palm" era.
As I thought that their generic name had to contain 2 words; "Pilot" and "Palm",
I assumed that "Palm/Pilot" is the best generic name of our machines.
At least, in the articles "Palm Ninja"
I will use "Palm/Pilot" as the general name of our machines.
Please remember it!
Bye now!
1999.1.3
