Palm has announced the Palm OS Developer Services Network, a support network to make it easier for its applications and hardware partners to access technical information, start-up business services, professional networking and job listings.
"Our development community has been a driving factor in the growth of the Palm OS platform," says Alan Kessler, COO of platform and products at Palm. "Now that we`ve attracted 100 000 members in just four years, we need to expand our support services to fuel even greater innovation and speed applications to market."
Palm is leveraging the strengths of three organisations to help fulfil the broad range of services provided by the Palm OS Developer Services Network: HotDispatch, PDAPro and the Software Development Forum.
HotDispatch provides the Palm OS Developer Exchange, a peer-to-peer online marketplace that allows Palm OS developers to buy and sell development expertise. Users of the exchange can post questions and indicate the amount of money they will offer for answers. Other users post their answers and receive payment for them.
DevelopersNation.net will provide a range of information and services through the site. Developers will be able to access a technical knowledge base and an array of business building services, including access to seed-stage financing opportunities, marketing and promotional programmes, chat rooms and bulletin boards, job and project postings, and corporate development opportunities.
The Software Development Forum gives software professionals easy access to information, education and feedback on their products and business strategies.
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