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Day One of the 2005 PalmSource Developer Conference
Well, I have made it through most of the first day of the conference. Not a whole lot to report on that can't be found elsewhere on the web. From my perspective, the big news items are:
  • David Nagel, CEO of PalmSource has stepped down.
  • palmOne has extended their license of the PalmOS from PalmSource for another five years.
  • palmOne has purchased the other half of the rights of the Palm trademark from PalmSource. PalmSource has two years to rebrand themselves.
  • David Fedor is leaving his position to work for PalmSource in France.
The other good/fun thing for me has been to put names to a lot of the people whose blogs I frequent. So far, I have put a face to Ben Combee, Tom Frauenhofer, Tim Norman, David Fedor, Ewan Something-or-other (he's currently wearing a kilt), and several more who I can't think of right now. I'm really looking forward to the labs tonight so I can actually talk to some of these guys!

One of the funny things about this conference is the badge that everyone wears; the company name on the badge is very tiny while the attendee's name is larger and easier to read. Unfortunately, most people care more about where you are from than who you are. What that means from a practical standpoint is that everyone spends a good majority of their time staring at everyone else's belly because of the way the nametags hang down. It's actually quite comical to watch, but then you realize that you are just as guilty of "belly-watching".

Well, that's it for me for now. I'll write more as I get time.

-Jon
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