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TechWorld: Palm CEO Promises to Stick with Palm OS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 9, 2005

“Palm’s CEO has written a letter to its developer community
assuring them the company is not planning to dump its Palm
operating system…

“Access recently bought PalmSource, the former Palm division
that was responsible for developing new versions of the Palm OS.
Access intends to continue with PalmSource’s plans to implement a
Linux micro-kernel into Palm OS, but many developers have been
uneasy about the future prospects for the OS given Palm’s embrace
of Microsoft, and Sony’s retreat from the PDA market…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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