This report is pure hearsay at this point, but if true would be a major admission on Palm's part that its plans to kickstart the ailing company nearly two years ago are failing (or have just plain failed).
The mark of a true fan is to travel to a stadium without means of admission, hand over the next year's housekeeping to a tout and receive in return a forged ticket that will be rejected at the entrance.
Chinese parents who rock the Tiger Mother style still cling to the remnants of the Old World by expecting obedience above all else and stifling true creativity in favor of tried and true benchmarks of success: Perfect grades, best test scores, admission into top colleges.