Re: Bye bye Palm

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> Read the entire story at:
>
http://news.com.com/PalmSource+sale+wont+kill+Palm+OS/2100-1041_3-5857082.html
> 
> 
> Shelley Elmblad
> financialsoft.about.com
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> PalmSource sale won't kill Palm OS
> Published: September 9, 2005, 12:38 PM PDT
> By Michael Singer 
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> 
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> The sale of PalmSource may consummate the marriage
of Linux and the
> Palm OS, but it won't kill off the operating system
that helped create
> the PDA market. 
> 
> Executives of Japan's Access said the company's
$324.3 million
> proposal, announced Friday, would not have an
immediate impact on the
> more than 39 million Palm-powered devices made by
Palm and more than
> 40 other manufacturers, including Japan's Sony and
Kyocera, and South
> Korea's Samsung Electronics.
> 
> "The existing deployments of Palm OS, including Palm
OS Garnet, will
> continuously be supported," an Access representative
said. "The
> purpose of the agreement is to maximize the synergy
between the two
> companies. We really don't expect any changes in the
relationships
> that we have with licensees." 
> 
> Access said it wants to finish creating the
Linux-Palm operating
> system hybrid that PalmSource started when it
finalized its
> acquisition of China MobileSoft this year. The
company gave no time
> frame for completing the work.
> 
> "They will preserve as much as they can, but it is a
larger task than
> most people realize," Gartner analyst Todd Kort
said. "That is why
> PalmSource said it would take 18 to 24 months to
finish the project.
> It was their main focus for 2005."
> 
> 
> 



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