To be more precise, it's Palm(One) that has beat Garnet to death. PalmSource has been working on first Colbalt (based, in part, on the BeOS (with the same release success BTW)), and now (after identifying *some* of the issues with lack of adoption) a Linux based version.
I think then main thing that needs to be answered is Palm(One)'s reluctance to move to Cobalt (I'm guessing pricing but after deploying Windows Mobile, who knows) If it's a technical issue, why the hell weren't they more involved in the process (and if they were, what happened) I find it hard to believe that PalmSource wouldn't have ported Cobalt to the Treo *for* Palm, just for the chance to sell it. I know I would buy it. (But then, I would have bought a copy *and* a T3 to run it on two years ago at PalmSource) I say get it out there and let the customer decide.
I'm still BTW holding my breath on *any* new version of PalmOS (or Access Linux or whatever) until I can BUY A DEVICE. Without a commited hardware vendor, it's all for not. Sadly I fear I'll be running linux on my 650 using an open source solution long before I 'm even offered the choice to PAY someone to do so.
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To be more precise, it's Palm(One) that has beat Garnet to death. PalmSource has been working on first Colbalt (based, in part, on the BeOS (with the same release success BTW)), and now (after identifying *some* of the issues with lack of adoption) a Linux based version.
I think then main thing that needs to be answered is Palm(One)'s reluctance to move to Cobalt (I'm guessing pricing but after deploying Windows Mobile, who knows) If it's a technical issue, why the hell weren't they more involved in the process (and if they were, what happened) I find it hard to believe that PalmSource wouldn't have ported Cobalt to the Treo *for* Palm, just for the chance to sell it. I know I would buy it. (But then, I would have bought a copy *and* a T3 to run it on two years ago at PalmSource) I say get it out there and let the customer decide.
I'm still BTW holding my breath on *any* new version of PalmOS (or Access Linux or whatever) until I can BUY A DEVICE. Without a commited hardware vendor, it's all for not. Sadly I fear I'll be running linux on my 650 using an open source solution long before I 'm even offered the choice to PAY someone to do so.