[Ed Hansberry]

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?) ;-)

[Ed Hansberry]

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?) ;-)

[dazz]

Ed, it really doesn't take much but you certainly did lose me with all the "acquirer" and "aquiree" stuff.

Wouldn't it be rather brain-dead of Access to saying the current Palm OS has reached the end of it's life? I happen to agree but you would think they would be putting a positive spin on how good the OS is since it will remain as the interface even when they come out with the Linux version.

[whydidnt]

Originally Posted by Dazz

Wouldn't it be rather brain-dead of Access to saying the current Palm OS has reached the end of it's life? I happen to agree but you would think they would be putting a positive spin on how good the OS is since it will remain as the interface even when they come out with the Linux version.

Yes, if they plan on releasing a Palm-Linux version of the OS. But if not, then what do they care - other than they've effectively killed any licensee's ability to promote the OS. :devilboy: Which is indeed a strange strategy - why not capture whatever income you can out of the deal before killing it.

I agree with Ed Hansberry though - Calling PalmSource for verification of the article makes little sense. If Access has indeed decided that POS is done, they probably haven't even told the fine folks at PS this. It's sad, but it wouldn't be the first time a group of employees got bad news from it's employer via the press.

[Gremmie]

Ed has always wanted to use that image where it was actually the case something has been terminated

[bluetooth lives]

[dma1965]

Perhaps Ed declaring Palm OS dead is the boost it needs to finally take off!

BLUETOOTH LIVES :way to go:

[whydidnt]

Well CBR has retracted the article. EdH at Brighthand contacted Access and they said that CBR totally misquoted and misinterpreted what was said.

Since it seems CBR isn't disputing this, I'm guessing that the guy writing it probably did screw something up. Otherwise, why not stand by the story?

[dazz]

Either the guy writing the article hasn't a clue about this space or he was trying to write something sensational and got caught. Either way, dumb move!

Originally Posted by dma1965

Perhaps Ed declaring Palm OS dead is the boost it needs to finally take off!

:lol: :lol:

[Duncan]

Originally Posted by Gremmie

Ed has always wanted to use that image where it was actually the case something has been terminated

[bluetooth lives]

Yes - when Ed declares something to be dead you're best off not rushing to book the funeral. Though at least this time there is something in it.

[wshwe]

I think Access was being candid the first time. In this instance being honest is bad for business, so they changed their tune. It's in Access's best interest to claim that the move to Linux won't change the end user experience Palm users love.

[ADBrown]

Bluetooth Liiiiiives... 0X