Comments on: Is Linux Palm's savior?

Despite ambitious plans to embed the OS in devices, PalmSource is struggling with market forces and internal upheaval.

[JuggerNaut]

Time to resurrect BeOS!

It is now time for Palm to open the vault and unleash the latest and
greatest of BeOS and start competing against Windows on the
desktop. Come on Palm, you know you want to.

[feranick]

Unrealistic

Why competing with Windows (desktop) if they can barely compete with Widows mobile? The main mistake for Palmsource was to develop a totally new OS from the ground up. This took a lot of time and resources. They should have invested more into the Palm philosophy, using an existing kernel and focus on improving the palm platform with enhanced feature. The first Cobalt 6.0 had no attractive features. They should have follow the way Apple did with MacOSX. Pretending to compete with Dektop windows, is just suicidal.

It's too late for Palm

They had the greatest OS in the palms of their hands, BeOS, and didn't know what to do with it. They still have no clue.

[System Tyrant]

Maybe

I don't know that palm is dead, but their own worst enemy is themselves. I hate to see Palms running Windows Mobile, but Palm (like Netware, WordPerfect, etc) has underestimated Microsofts power to get things done. It may very well be a fatal mistake.

I thinks PalmSource should explore a move to linux and find a way to use it and BeOS. I think they need to listen to people and find out what people are wanting and find a way to give it to them better than Microsoft. I also think that Palm needs to release the source to BeOS so it can continue to grow it's community.

Palm and BeOS

What Palm did to BeOS is criminal. They won't support it and won't release it to the OS community. Its very hard to muster any sympathy for these guys.

[jmmejzz]

Newton Redux?

I know the PDA market is stagnant and St Steve has said Apple
won't be developing a "PDA", it just seems to be an opportunity
as Palm whatever declines it will leave a vacuum. Besides, an
Apple PDA with my Powerbook would be to do die for.