Palm Changing OS Strategy

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 5, 2004 @03:51PM from the shaking-things-up dept.

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."

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Linux on my Palm by SphericalCrusher · 2004-02-05 15:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I see no reason to keep Palm OS over this version...

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In soviet Russia, OS changes my palm strategy by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-05 15:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Once I switched to Linux and discovered the joys of tabbed pr0n browsing, my hand got callused, which changed my strategy somewhat nad greatly increased teh sale of Cornhusker's lotion here
Re:Linux is superior in every way by SphericalCrusher · 2004-02-05 15:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Amen. It is pretty useless... I could write something better... it's just formatting it for the PDA to use is where I get stuck at.

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Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-05 15:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Troll my foot, the AC has a valid point, the article is crap
News.com? by John.P.Jones · 2004-02-05 15:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm sorry, this is offtopic but why in the world is the URL for C|net's News.com actually news.com.com? This seems really odd, I would have thought it was a SPAMer type trick to fool unwitting AOLers.
What were they thinking?
FIRST FUCKED UP FLAG IMAGE POST by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-05 16:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

FUCKED UP FLAG IMAGE!!!
Does anybody know... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-05 16:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...how far HURD is behind release now? I'm tempted to say ten years, but it might be twelve. Maybe I should post an Ask Slashdot?
1. Re:Does anybody know... by LnxAddct · 2004-02-05 17:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  This post is extremely off topic and I'll prob be modded as off topic, but I'll answer you anyway, afterall knowledge is what Slashdot is all about. Yea its about 11-12 years behind release. I believe Linus started devloping Linux because he didn't see the GNU/HURD being released anytime soon. I've played with HURD and the source is absolutely beautiful, even compared to Linux. If you hack at all you should look at it. It doesn't do much and has almost 0 hardware support, but its great to start kernel dev in if you've never had the pleasure. I guess thats all there is to say about it. For anyother slashdotters that may read this and teaches, if you have your students code or want to show them some good coding, use the HURD.
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Palm OS by Yellow_Piss_Hat · 2004-02-05 16:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Palm OS. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?

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1. Re:Palm OS by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-05 16:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  wiggidy wiggidy whack f00!
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