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Originally Posted by Alexander
Yes I can even imagine that some Linux folks will then completely replace "Palm on Linux" with a custom-written, 100% open-source Linux OS.
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Honestly I think this would all depend on how much information Palmsource discloses (or in Hacker's words: How well they work WITH us).
Look at the Sony Librie for instance. This DRM-infected device also runs on top of Linux. Yet noone has been able to break the system yet, or to at least to replace it with another Linux-based OS. Why? Because Sony decided to keep important drivers like the display driver closed-source. And because there is no documented way of upgrading your system.
So yes, while the potential of Palm OS + Linux is great, we should not be too excited before we see the first results of this potential merger.
