Star PalmSource Gets Acquired by Mobile Browser Vendor
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Sep 2005 10:36 UTC, submitted by anonymous
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless Mobile browser-maker Access announced Friday that it will acquire Palm OS developer PalmSource in an all-cash transaction for approximately $324 million. The acquisition adds operating system platform expertise and Linux development resources to Access's existing "content delivery and Internet access software" for mobile devices, the companies said.
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Where does this leave BeOS
by on Fri 9th Sep 2005 11:48 UTC

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... if anywhere at all? who owns BeOS these days?

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Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

who owns BeOS these days?

PalmSource still owns all Be's assets, which includes the source code and most of the trademarks (if they haven't expired by now, some have).

So, now that Access owns PalmSource, you can guess who owns BeOS now.

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