>The developer community will have the same ability as >anyone else in the >world to purchase shares or anything along those lines. >There was internal >discussion about things like "Friends and Family" >programs, or similar >setups for the base of registered developers, but special > >things like that >will not be a feature of this IPO, according to what I've >been told. >So talk to your broker and see the official filings for >all the >information. I can't say anything that isn't public >information, >particularly with respect to the IPO, due to strict SEC >guidelines. >-David Fedor >Palm Developer Support The Palm CEO went on record several weeks ago saying how Palm was reaching out to developers. Hate to tell you guys at Palm, but you've got a major developer-relations disaster on your hands. The best way to get Palm before the IPO without any special deals is to buy 3COM. 3Com shareholders get 1.5 shares of Palm (by most estimates)for each share of 3COM(COMS) when Palm shares are distributed 6-9 months from now. Palm is releasing as few as 4% of total shares to public in the IPO, keeping probably 16% for itself and partners--which is basically a move to drive the price to the sky before ~530 Million (an amazing amount) shares are dumped, er, distributed to 3COM shareholders, after which it's anybody's guess what will happen to the price. Greg Riddick -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palm.com/devzone/mailinglists.html
