"Access seems to even get confused about Palm, PalmOS, PalmSource, etc. On 
their page touting their upcoming Linux product they talk about combining Linux 
with PalmSource - but PalmSource is their 3rd party software sales site, not 
the PalmOS stuff. Or, maybe I'm confused too..."

It is really confusing, but Access is correct. ACCESS bought PalmSource who was 
the maker of PalmOS. PalmSource and PalmOne were formerly Palm but were split 
up to separate the hardware and software development shortly after Handspring 
(former Palm employees) was bought by Palm. PalmOne has since gone back to the 
original Palm name. Originally Palm was a hardware/software product created by 
3Com. Recently Palm bought the rights to use and develop Garnet (Palm OS 5.X) 
back from ACCESS.

Does not make any sense? There were alot of mergers and name changes. It's no 
wonder PalmOS has not evolved at all in the last three years.
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