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Their only chance is to open source it, and hope others will use it too to gain momentum. On their own, it won't stand a chance. If several handset manufacturer

Their only chance is to open source it, and hope others will use it too to gain momentum. On their own, it won't stand a chance. If several handset manufacturers backed my Microsoft could barely scratch the surface, how are they hoping to beat that?

cookiecaper 15y ago
Since WebOS's app platform is HTML5/JS, an interesting convergence with browser app stores could happen here and allow WebOS devices an easier bootstrap, since the code could also run in the Chrome and (forthcoming) Mozilla app stores without much modification (theoretically, anyway). They'd be smart to continue and expand upon that thread by working on leveraging existing technologies as much as possible, since smart phone platforms are, much like normal OS platforms, all about the software that third parties develop for them.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  I've always thought that WebOS was a much more suited mobile OS for Google than Android is. WebOS is more compatible with Google's web vision, and if they had WebOS they wouldn't even need ChromeOS anymore. It's a shame WebOS didn't appear sooner, before Google bought/launched Android.
Steko 15y ago
Declaring WP7 dead in the water after 1 batch of phones is like saying Android was dead after the first couple phones fizzled. The upside certainly doesn't look as good but the fact is these OS's all seem to launch in beta and most of the market is brand new customers not locked into anything yet. Open sourcing Web OS would remove all chance HP has to profit from it. I think there's a good chance HP, MS and others will follow RIMs lead and leverage Android's ecosystem (and/or Chrome's) while bribing the high profile app developers for native ports of the highest demand apps.
- Apocryphon 15y ago
  I think criticism of WP7 is more of a generalized indictment of MS's shoddy mobile strategies. Remember the Kin?

cookiecaper 15y ago

Since WebOS's app platform is HTML5/JS, an interesting convergence with browser app stores could happen here and allow WebOS devices an easier bootstrap, since the code could also run in the Chrome and (forthcoming) Mozilla app stores without much modification (theoretically, anyway). They'd be smart to continue and expand upon that thread by working on leveraging existing technologies as much as possible, since smart phone platforms are, much like normal OS platforms, all about the software that third parties develop for them.

nextparadigms 15y ago
I've always thought that WebOS was a much more suited mobile OS for Google than Android is. WebOS is more compatible with Google's web vision, and if they had WebOS they wouldn't even need ChromeOS anymore. It's a shame WebOS didn't appear sooner, before Google bought/launched Android.

Steko 15y ago

Declaring WP7 dead in the water after 1 batch of phones is like saying Android was dead after the first couple phones fizzled. The upside certainly doesn't look as good but the fact is these OS's all seem to launch in beta and most of the market is brand new customers not locked into anything yet. Open sourcing Web OS would remove all chance HP has to profit from it. I think there's a good chance HP, MS and others will follow RIMs lead and leverage Android's ecosystem (and/or Chrome's) while bribing the high profile app developers for native ports of the highest demand apps.

Apocryphon 15y ago
I think criticism of WP7 is more of a generalized indictment of MS's shoddy mobile strategies. Remember the Kin?