__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Wednesday 31 May 2006 07:05 \__
> __/ [ asj ] on Wednesday 31 May 2006 04:16 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> __/ [ asj ] on Tuesday 30 May 2006 05:31 \__
>>> > Btw, you guys know Palm is seriously moving towards Linux?
>>> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5058819583.html
>>>
>>>
>>> It's very old news. They made this commitment over a year ago, as far as
>>> I can tell... yes, now that I check again, it was March last year...
>>
>> It's still a hot topic in palm groups...they fully expect Palm to
>> branch out to Linux. Then again, Palm renewed its commitment to the
>> Palm OS by putting out the palm Treo 700P
>
> You are delivering a very confusing and baseless message here. Palm are
> most definitely burying Palm OS and making Access Linux their primary and
> only OS, across all devices, in due time. Palm OS will either run on top,
> or more likely, be supported through PARC emulation.
>
>
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8514/access-linux-platform-shown-at-linuxworld/
>
> I wonder why Palm are not liaising with Nokia who have Maemo. There are so
> many Linux ports and front-ends, each of which is developed independently
> in the mobile phone/PDA/tablet industry. It's fragmentation all over again
> (a different context), but at least the tools, the kernel, as well as other
> components are 'pluggable', owing to the GPL. This makes development quick.
Oops. Followup headers modified. Either you set them differently or KNode is
playing up again.
Best wishes,
Roy
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