Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Palm "mulled Linux" for next-gen OS
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 10:24 AM
http://www.theregus.com/content/54/25518.html
Andrew Orlowski has some entertaining writing, and this time he's pointed his guns at Palm - but in a surprisingly gentle manner. I found this article really interesting, especially the comments from ex-Palm staffers. Take everything with a grain of salt (it's The Register after all), but it doesn't surprise me that Palm was floundering around looking for an OS...
"Palm Inc was considering Linux as the foundation of the next-generation PalmOS as recently as last spring, sources tell us. Palm eventually acquired Be Inc's development team last August, but internal discussions on the viability of a Linux-based handheld OS were taking place as recently as fifteen months ago. These were squashed by the lawyers, who concluded that Palm couldn't reconcile the GPL with the in house view of intellectual property." Source: angelseye2000
Andrew Orlowski has some entertaining writing, and this time he's pointed his guns at Palm - but in a surprisingly gentle manner. I found this article really interesting, especially the comments from ex-Palm staffers. Take everything with a grain of salt (it's The Register after all), but it doesn't surprise me that Palm was floundering around looking for an OS...
"Palm Inc was considering Linux as the foundation of the next-generation PalmOS as recently as last spring, sources tell us. Palm eventually acquired Be Inc's development team last August, but internal discussions on the viability of a Linux-based handheld OS were taking place as recently as fifteen months ago. These were squashed by the lawyers, who concluded that Palm couldn't reconcile the GPL with the in house view of intellectual property." Source: angelseye2000
