Nagel on Palm OS 6
February 4th, 2004
c|net: PalmSource
to hatch new OS strategy.
“PalmSource is renaming the existing and new versions of its OS and will
deviate from its traditional numeric naming system to show that both
versions—previously known as OS 5 and OS 6—are current.”
Also worth noting:
The latter OS is “virtually a complete rewrite from the ground up,”
Nagel said, with much of the work done by engineers acquired from Be.
While some concepts from Be were included in OS 5, the new version draws
more heavily on ideas from the Be OS, especially when it comes to
handling multimedia. The software is also designed to do a better job of
multitasking, or running multiple programs simultaneously.