PalmSource confirms Linux commitment

"Linux is our platform for the future," affirmed Dr. Dave Nagel, delivering a keynote talk to an audience of 1,000 attendees at the Palm's annual developer event, renamed from "devcon" to "Mobile Summit" this year. Nagel talked little about Linux, however, focusing instead on wireless opportunities, 3G consumer and enterprise data services, and the need for Palm developers to partner with network carriers.

Nagel entreatied Palm developers to move to the Cobalt API announced at last years event, promising that Cobalt applications would be "absolutely compatible" with PalmSource's future Linux-based operating system products.

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