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3Com Plans to Spin Off PalmPilot Division

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the buy-assimilate-spin-off-repeat dept.

RoboChicken writes "3Com announced today that it plans to spin off the Palm computing division into a new, separate company. 3Com will deal with networking equipment, and the new company, "Palm Computing" (?) will be the PalmPilot company. "

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  1. How ironic. by generic-man · · Score: 4

    For those that remember the Palm saga, it goes a bit like this:

    A tiny start-up named Palm Computing demonstrates a prototype of the Pilot organizer.

    US Robotics buys Palm Computing.

    3Com buys US Robotics.

    And now 3Com wants to spin off Palm Computing so that it's an independent company.

    It's the circle of life...

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