Michael Dolan Dot Com

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

PalmOS takes an open approach to rebirth

PalmOS was with Linux, not sure, then back and today revealed more of the details of ALP. Looks like PalmSource is well on its way to an open source strategy and unlike Motorola will be opening up its APIs - why don’t cell companies get this? I will NEVER use those dumbed down - crazy apps they write for browser usage. What I would use is an app I write that does something I want on my cell phone - or an innovative user somewhere else who writes an app I like. PalmOS could be the real open platform for handhelds and hopefully cellular users. I fear there’s way too much Windows in this space. Cellular vendors are fooling themselves if they think one vendor will have everything their end users want….

And speaking of Windows and Microsoft, I nearly lost it reading Ashlee Vance’s recap of McNealy’s pitch at the RSA Conference Bill keynoted. The jokes seemed to have flowed from McNealy taking great punches at his new friends up North. I guess Sun only needs its partners until they can pitch a new version of a dead Sun platform again. Regardless, it definitely made me laugh.