Cat šŸˆšŸ„— (D.Burch) ā Sep 11, 2024
Open Source PalmOS, you cowards
Show threadR. L. Dane  Sep 11, 2024

@catsalad

And I guess BeOS/Garnet, while they're at it.

Show threadNeil E. HodgesSep 11, 2024
@RL_Dane @catsalad What about PalmOS 6/Cobalt?
Show threadR. L. Dane  Sep 11, 2024

@tk @catsalad

Sorry, I think I'm getting my codenames confused. Which one was based on BeOS?

Show threadNeil E. HodgesSep 11, 2024
@RL_Dane @catsalad I think Cobalt was.
Show threadMarty FoutsSep 11, 2024
@tk @tk @RL_Dane @catsalad I worked on Cobalt. It was Linux based.
Show threadR. L. Dane  Sep 11, 2024

@MartyFouts @tk @catsalad

Oh nice! I don't think I ever tried that. I do recall messing around with Garnet in an emulator/simulator at some point.

Whatever happened to it? I vaguely remember the traditional PalmOS IP being bought by "ACCESS" or something like that?

Show threadMarty Fouts

@RL_Dane @tk @catsalad Palm spun PalmSource off to be an OS company. After a couple of years they got tired of being effectively PalmSourceā€™s only customer so PalmSource sold itself to Access.

I, along with most developers, left around then and as far as I know Access never finished Cobolt.

Sep 11, 2024 at 6:54pmWeb
Show threadR. L. Dane  Sep 11, 2024

@MartyFouts @tk @catsalad

Ah, yes. I remember that era of Palm. Lots and lots of very questionable management decisions.