MS is known for their dirty tricks squad, and will do just about anything to stick a knife between the shoulder blades of anything it deems a threat, and Palm is high on that list. By relegating the heart of their business to a second class player that feeds on Microsoft's scraps, a generation behind the latest outlook, and subject to "incompatibilities" with every new service pack, Palm is screwed, plain and simple.

The problem is that Palm has taken aim at its own foot, shot with deadly accuracy, and is in the process of handing the entire sector to Microsoft. In one seemingly simple step, it has given control of the core functionality to Microsoft.