We've heard all the recent rumbling from Access and PalmSource about the new ALP OS, but Palm has always been strangely quiet on the matter. Maybe this is why...
David Beers has a good piece on his blog were by he talks about a rumour, supposedly confirmed by a Palm analyst that Palm are developing their own version of Palm OS on Linux.
I have to say this is a great idea, although in theory hardware manufacturers and software manufacturers can exist completely separately, it does help if both are available in house. Palm can develop an OS specifically tailored to their own hardware and one that would not have to be generic for multiple applications
like ALP seems to be. The post also points out that most of Palm's engineering workforce specialise in software and that a lot of new Linux engineers have recently been hired, so something must be happening.
At this stage this is still a rumour but given how far the release of ALP is in the future and how long in the tooth Garnet is looking now. I hope it's true. What do you think?
Additional coverage also at PalmInfoCenter.