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Re: PalmOS vs. WinCE vs. Linux?

When will these versions of the Palm be available?  Or are they already
available?

How can I get my hands on one?

Thanks,
X_HOBBES


"David A. Desrosiers" <hacker@gnu-designs.com> wrote in message
pan.2005.04.10.20.27.11.86262@gnu-designs.com">news:pan.2005.04.10.20.27.11.86262@gnu-designs.com...
> On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 08:25:11 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> > Well, yes. It has been circulating around the Internet for a while so I
> > wrote about it.
>
> Its targeted to be PalmOS on top of Linux, not Linux on Palm.
>
> I hope they have the manpower to continue development internally,
> though.. I seriously hope they don't think that just because they're going
> to move their kernel to Linux, means that they're going to get
> dozens of people writing their software for them, for free.
>
> That isn't going to happen, and especially since they've done absolutely
> nothing to help the Free Software and Open Source community for almost a
> decade now, even though we've repeatedly asked politely for help with new
> hardware, devices, documentation and bugs we've found (and worked around)
> in PalmOS from the sync and conduit side of things.
>
> They've got a LOT of good will to make up with the Free Software
> and Linux communities before anyone trusts them.



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