Letter From ACCESS to Palm OS Developers
To all PalmSource Developers:
We are delighted to inform you that ACCESS has completed the acquisition of PalmSource. We are looking forward to being a part of the vibrant and global Palm OS® developer community.
We at ACCESS are very excited about the market opportunity in front of our newly formed company and the opportunities our new company may open for you. ACCESS’ goal is to be the global leader in the embedded software technology space. PalmSource and its family of software offerings are an important component to our strategy. We are committed to supporting PalmSource's ongoing development work on Palm OS for Linux. We are also committed to continuing to support all current offerings of Palm OS and its contracts with customers. We value your contributions to the Palm Powered™ Economy and encourage you to keep developing Palm OS applications.
In addition, we believe the PalmSource developer community is one of PalmSource's greatest assets. As a global provider of Internet technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, we believe that together, ACCESS and PalmSource can provide you with opportunities to develop software applications for an even wider market of PDAs, phones and other mobile devices. Today, ACCESS’ NetFront technologies are delivering full Internet browsing and related services to mobile devices and consumer electronics ranging from digital television to automobile telematics. We believe the PalmSource developer community has tremendous opportunities in many areas and we want to work with you to foster continued innovation and growth for your businesses.
Palm OS has given rise to a large community of users, enterprises, developers and manufacturers who make up the Palm Powered Economy. We are proud to be part of this community and look forward to working with you.
Best regards,
Toru Arakawa and Tomihisa Kamada ACCESS co-founders