Palm snags prominent Web technologists

From InfoWorld: Two dignitaries in the JavaScript development space who have led the Mozilla Developer Tools Lab have joined Palm as directors of the Palm Developer Relations team, according to blog posts.

Palm is gaining the services of Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith, said blog entries from both men, who also have been running the Ajaxian Web site focused on AJAX development and related issues. "We will have the responsibility of the developer experience with Palm. We will be trying to create a rich connective tissue between the company and the Web developer community that we love," Almaer said in his blog on Friday.

Palm recently made a splash with the introduction of its Palm Pre device, which leverages the company's webOS software. "I remember watching the Palm Pre coming-out party thinking 'wow.' Palm had bet big," Almaer wrote. "They had bet on the Web platform being the base for their new amazing hardware device and becoming their platform going forward. Given the lead time required to create a device, I was impressed by their forward thinking. Now is the time to knuckle down to create the most amazing developer experience in a mobile environment for you," he said.

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