Which would you develop for - the new PalmOS that is distributed by Palm on Palm devices, or the new Access Linux Platform with an old PalmOS compatability layer and precious few hardware customers lining up to ship it?

Bit of a no brainer, you develop for the new PalmOS and Access end up trying to flog their wares to Chinese hardware manufacturers. with probably very few takers as they're already boarded the Windows Mobile boat (or can quite easily knock up their own Linux OS offering). I give it a couple of years then predict Access will write off the PalmSource purchase or restrict their involvement to niche markets.

This ongoing development within Palm may not have been a secret but when PalmSource was created you'd have thought that PalmSource would have ended up owning all the software IP. But since that isn't the case it looks as if Palm have simply created (and sold) PalmSource with the sole intention of supporting their legacy OS, ie. Palm created a corporate entity with an inbuilt limited lifespan while they beavered away on their own replacement, which seems a trifle underhand.

Not that I care, as I don't much like Palm or Access!!!