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Originally Posted by dwig
What Palm seems to be doing is not something new or novel in any way. There is very successful precedent in recent history that is very successful. This was done by Apple. They totally abandoned the MacOS and ported the "Mac experience" (a.ka. UI) to a top-level UI sitting on top of a Unix kernal. This was a vastly successful move as anyone who is aware of the world outside of PDA's and other portable devices.
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While from a technical perspective PalmSource's plans may be similar to what Apple did with OS X, from a business standpoint their situation is completely different. Apple controls both the hardware and the software and - perhaps most importantly - does not sell its OS to third parties. (I'm sure they could release an x86 version of OS X if they wanted to, but then no-one would buy a Mac.) PalmSource OTOH is completely dependent on its licensees.