__/ [ Martin T ] on Friday 01 September 2006 12:00 \__
> Captain's log. On StarDate Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:16:11 +0100 received comm
> from Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on channel
> alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot:
>
> : > I have had a Sony Clie T615C for more than 4 years. Unfortunately it is
> : > slowly dying. I am in the market for a new handhel. From what I hear,
> : > Palm is slowly abandoning Palm OS. Is that right?
> :
> : Palm is working on PalmSource/ACCESS Linux. There will soon be a revamped
> : platform that is backward-compatible w.r.t. Palm OS. Just be patient.
> : Palm will not be going with Windows. Even the Treo 700 recently had a
> : Palm OS version emerge -- the Treo 700p.
>
> It's not Palm, it's PalmSource, and Access company, who is working on ALP.
>
> Palm on the other hand, it has been speculated, migth not license ALP from
> PalmSource/Access in the future, but migth go with either Windows Mobile,
> and/or their own version of mobile Linux (who they are rumored to be
> working on as a fall back option), or another mobile Linux OS.
>
> It could also be that Palm will go with a combination of Windows Mobile and
> Linux in the future lineup of new machines.
>
> For some articles regarding the future of the company Palm, and their
> future choice of OS, and also Access/PalmSOurce, see some
> articles/specualtions:
>
> Palm Report Hints at Uncertainty Over Next Gen OS
>
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8835/palm-report-hints-at-uncertainty-over-next-gen-os/
>
> Palm's Open Secrets Exposed
> http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8551/palms-open-secrets-exposed/
>
> Time to Sell, Palm?
> http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06063027.htm?source=ihghlpban100102
>
> PalmSource talks about the future of the Palm OS, ALP and more...
> http://palmaddict.typepad.com/palmaddicts/2006/07/palmsource_talk.html
>
> Best regards,
>
> martin
I thought they had made it quite unambiguous that they would go with
PalmSource/ACCESS Linux (I can't recall the relationships). They even got
Orange as a client. All of this happened in LinuxWorld in mid-August.
Surely, my previous message was posted in June, so the perspective was
different.
Best wishes,
Roy
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