This reads like some sort of strained apology for a relative's behavior at a family event. I can't really think of any way that HP could have more thoroughly b

This reads like some sort of strained apology for a relative's behavior at a family event. I can't really think of any way that HP could have more thoroughly botched this transition—the last thing you ever want for a platform is uncertainty; you want to assure end-users and developers alike that your platform is worth investing in. If HP's board felt it was time to get out of the mobile hardware game, fine; the way to do that would have been to arrange a hardware partnership and devise a plan of continuity for developers and users. Announcing out of the blue that they're ceasing hardware manufacturing and literally have no idea what they're doing next represents a mind-blowing caliber of professional incompetence that should have investors calling for Apotheker's ouster. HP just left a car full of dogs to sit in the hot sun. With the engine running.