@lambdacalculus@masto.hackers.town
2026-08-04 10:26 UTC
Sad fact:
When Be, Inc. was purchased by Palm in 2001, it seemed like #BeOS technology would live on in #PalmOS, and Palm OS 6 would incorporate portions of BeOS into it. Instead, PalmSource (who was developing Palm OS 6, got acquired by ACCESS Co, a Japanese software house, who proceeded to... simply sit on BeOS and Palm OS.
While we have #Haiku continuing the BeOS spirit, nothing is continuing the Palm OS spirit.
We need that mobile diversity back. A modern Palm OS would rock so hard.
Replies (2)
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@jexner@tooting.ch 2026-08-04 10:30
@lambdacalculus@masto.hackers.town Some of it lived (lives?) on in LG TVs, I believe, but yes, that is NOT what we would like to see.
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@liilliil@mastodon.online 2026-08-04 10:50
@lambdacalculus@masto.hackers.town one guy on reddit still have Cobalt dumps