Letter from ACCESS to PalmOS Developers

Source: http://www.palmsource.com/developers/letter.html

To all PalmSource Developers:

We are delighted to inform you that ACCESS has completed the
acquisition of PalmSource. We are looking forward to being a part of the vibrant and global Palm OS[] developer community.

We at ACCESS are very excited about the market opportunity in front of our newly formed company and the opportunities our new company may open for you. ACCESS' goal is to be the global leader in the embedded software technology space. PalmSource and its family of software offerings are an important component to our strategy. We are committed to supporting PalmSource's ongoing development work on Palm OS for Linux. We are also committed to continuing to support all current offerings of Palm OS and its contracts with customers. We value your contributions to the Palm Powered[] Economy and encourage you to keep developing Palm OS applications.

In addition, we believe the PalmSource developer community is one of PalmSource's greatest assets. As a global provider of Internet technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, we believe that together, ACCESS and PalmSource can provide you with opportunities to develop software applications for an even wider market of PDAs, phones and other mobile devices. Today, ACCESS' NetFront technologies are delivering full Internet browsing and related services to mobile devices and consumer electronics ranging from digital television to automobile telematics. We believe the PalmSource developer community has tremendous opportunities in many areas and we want to work with you to foster continued innovation and growth for your businesses.

Palm OS has given rise to a large community of users, enterprises,
developers and manufacturers who make up the Palm Powered Economy. We are proud to be part of this community and look forward to working with you.

Best regards,

Toru Arakawa and Tomihisa Kamada
ACCESS co-founders

While this may seen like old news to many, it's still reseaonably fresh for the talk of Palm OS Linux... And with the new palmOne Treo 700w being approved by the FCC, should we be crossing our fingers for seeing the first Palm OS Linux device on store shelves soon? Since the release of this letter, rumours and talk of Palm OS on Linux have veered in many different directions. Some say that 2006 is the year we'll see the first Linux based Palm OS device; others think it will be a few more years.

I think I'll just hunker down and enjoy the talk, both positive and negative, about Palm OS running on Linux. If you ask me, I think it will certainly be a nice change.

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