PalmSource, Montavista ink mobile Linux deal

PalmSource forged a technology partnership with Linux developer Montavista Software to develop a mobile version of Linux. The two companies will share their research and development resources with the goal of creating software which will combine Montavista's mobile Linux software with the Palm OS. Last year PalmSource acquired China Mobilesoft, a company developing an OS for handsets using Linux. No financial details of the partnership were released.

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