I've Never Paid for PalmOS

Well, other than paying for it when purchasing a Palm or a Treo, that is. That's why I was startled that Apple is going to charge users for an OS upgrade to the iPod Touch:

WWDC Apple will release version 2.0 of the iPhone operating system in early July, CEO Steve Jobs has revealed. Existing iPhone owners will get it for free - iPod Touch owners, however, will have to cough up $10.

iPhone 2.0 offers the ability to view and edit iWork documents - files from Apple's own Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps. More users, we suspect, will make use of the upcoming OS' ability to handle Office documents.

So, phone users get it for free, non-phone users have to pay? Of course, because Apple has total control over iPod market. AT&T would never agree to a pay upgrade for a phone, since they're billing those customers monthly.

The grass looks less and less green when it comes to switching to Apple.