Friday, October 21, 2005
Access Claims PalmOS Nearing End Of Life
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 01:30 PM
http://www.cbronline.com/article_feature.asp?guid=CE2012DB-50BE-40A3-ABE4-A2A7D057C8FF
"Access has revealed that it believes the Palm operating system will soon reach the end of its life. Access Co Ltd, a mobile browser and content delivery developer that recently acquired PalmSource, has acknowledged that the unit's Palm operating system has a limited future. Access instead appears ready to focus on Linux-based offerings, suggesting that Linux development opportunities were the reason behind its purchase of PalmSource after all."
Ed Hardy at Brighthand called PalmSource to ask them about this. The interview was done by Computer Business Review. The interviewee, Access, is the acquirer of PalmSource and PalmOS. The acquiree, PalmSource, which had nothing to do with the interview, flatly denies the veracity of this article.
Ed Hansberry, a reader of the article that has the interview of the acquirer, smells marketing spin on the part of the acquiree.
Update: CBR has pulled the article with Access now saying much of the content was incorrectly reported. I, on the other hand, maintain PalmOS is dead. (yes, I know... shocking isn't it?) ;-)
"Access has revealed that it believes the Palm operating system will soon reach the end of its life. Access Co Ltd, a mobile browser and content delivery developer that recently acquired PalmSource, has acknowledged that the unit's Palm operating system has a limited future. Access instead appears ready to focus on Linux-based offerings, suggesting that Linux development opportunities were the reason behind its purchase of PalmSource after all."
Ed Hardy at Brighthand called PalmSource to ask them about this. The interview was done by Computer Business Review. The interviewee, Access, is the acquirer of PalmSource and PalmOS. The acquiree, PalmSource, which had nothing to do with the interview, flatly denies the veracity of this article.
Ed Hansberry, a reader of the article that has the interview of the acquirer, smells marketing spin on the part of the acquiree.
Update: CBR has pulled the article with Access now saying much of the content was incorrectly reported. I, on the other hand, maintain PalmOS is dead. (yes, I know... shocking isn't it?) ;-)
