And so we continue to move down the road to success. OK, that was a little silly. In reality, PalmSource and MontaVista Software are working closely together to make sure that they can get their agenda in place. Personally, I think that it could work out for them in the long run.

San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Building on its original decision last year to move its OS to the
Linux kernel, PalmSource announced Tuesday a partnership with key mobile Linux OS provider MontaVista Software. The two companies plan to promote the development of Linux-based OSes and applications for Linux-based mobile phones.

PalmSource will join MontaVista’s Open Framework partner program and MontaVista in turn will join PalmSource’s Palm Powered Mobile World (PPMW) program.

The MontaVista Framework is a program designed to promote Linux-based handset reference architectures. PPMW was created to promote Palm OS applications to the market.

The deal does not change PalmSource’s plans to use technology acquired in its December acquisition of China MobileSoft. At the time of the acquisition, PalmSource said it would use the technology that China MobileSoft had been developing around battery management and fast boot time as the foundation of Palm OS for Linux. [Read the rest]