Palm Changing OS Strategy 213
profet writes "CNET.com is reporting that PalmSource plans to change its OS plans and simultaneously develop/release OS 6 and continue development on OS 5. The names shall be changed to reflect that they are both current. The plan is to have OS 5 for low end devices ($100 price point is a goal), and OS 6 for high end devices. This is a drastic change from their current practice of having one current OS drastically customized (read: hacked) to suit the manufacturer's needs. It looks like PalmSource is aiming directly at Symbian's success with Nokia's series 60 platform."
How about a roman numeral? (Score:1, Funny)
Just like Apple did with OS 10.
Where have I heard all this before? (Score:5, Funny)
PalmOS 3.11 for Workgroups is for small networks.
PalmOS NT is the server platform.
PalmOS 95 *is* *the* upgrade for PalmOS 3.1.
This is gonna end in tears...
Re:Where have I heard all this before? (Score:5, Funny)
Hmmm...
Palm 98 is just like Palm 95, except it doesn't crash as much.
Palm 2000 is the first stable palm.
Palm XP is the Palm Experience... something most Slashdotters are already familiar with.
Naming suggestions (Score:5, Funny)
let's get medieval (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Cool, erm... (Score:5, Funny)
-B
Re:Where have I heard all this before? (Score:5, Funny)
Where have I heard this before? (Score:3, Funny)
What could go wrong?
With the competition from PowerPC devices . . . (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Cool, erm... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:100 bucks for Palm OS? (Score:1, Funny)
May there be a quick end to SCO!