The End of PalmOS?

The End of PalmOS? 178

Posted by Zonk on Friday September 09, 2005 @08:42AM from the where-do-we-go-from-here dept.

SLT writes "According to Engadget, PalmSource was purchased by Access, a Japanese cell phone software company known for their NetFront browser. What does this mean for the future of Palm?" More coverage at LinuxDevices and Reuters. From the Reuters article: "Japanese software developer Access Co. said on Friday it would make U.S. software developer PalmSource Inc. wholly owned in a 34.4 billion yen ($311.3 million) cash deal to strengthen its development of software for handheld devices. Access will pay cash to shareholders of PalmSource, which will be later absorbed by Access' U.S. unit Apollo Merger Sub Inc., Access said in a statement."

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Don't they own Be? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday September 09, 2005 @08:47AM (#13517909)

So maybe they'll release the BeOS source code! Probably just wishful thinking..

According to the Trolls (Score:5, Funny)

by packeteer ( 566398 ) writes: <packeteer AT subdimension DOT com> on Friday September 09, 2005 @08:49AM (#13517926)

Netcraft confirms it... PalmOS is dead.

Hysteria (Score:2, Funny)

by Shakes268 ( 856460 ) writes: on Friday September 09, 2005 @09:11AM (#13518039)

Oh Noez! We'll all have to switch to Pocket PC! @_@ In the meantime, the sky is falling guys.

Re:the end is neigh... (Score:3, Funny)

by NatasRevol ( 731260 ) writes: on Friday September 09, 2005 @09:47AM (#13518268) Journal

The end is a horse???

Let me be the 1st to say... (Score:3, Funny)

by joshsnow ( 551754 ) writes: on Friday September 09, 2005 @11:19AM (#13518997) Journal

...quick OPEN SOURCE BEoS!! Wait..this isn't OsNews.com, is it?

Re:the end is neigh... (Score:2, Funny)

by MS-06FZ ( 832329 ) writes: on Friday September 09, 2005 @11:27AM (#13519102) Homepage Journal

Hey, show some respect. Those were Mr. Ed's dying words...

Re:Witty 3com (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday September 09, 2005 @01:41PM (#13520399)

That would be your opinion.

See here [thebestpag...iverse.net] at point two. Thank you.

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Hysteria (Score:2, Funny)

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Let me be the 1st to say... (Score:3, Funny)

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