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Why would OEMs license a dead OS over android? It would have to be a better ecosystem than android which I don't see happening after hp dropped it themselves.
by mrtron 15y ago
Why would OEMs license a dead OS over android?
It would have to be a better ecosystem than android which I don't see happening after hp dropped it themselves.
- w33ble 15y agoBut HP hasn't dropped the OS, just the hardware. They still are invested in the software, they just don't want to make the hardware. At least that's what VP of Developer Relations has said. http://developer.palm.com/blog/2011/08/the-work-of-webos-continues/ http://developer.palm.com/blog/2011/08/the-work-of-webos-con...
- daeken 15y agoIf they really want the OS to keep going, then they were idiots not to partner with a hardware vendor and get new devices out the day they killed their own. Horrible move.
- w33ble 15y agoAgreed. Their actions made no sense. I suspect management were planning to just throw it all away, but the WebOS Developers begged for a chance to make the software viable on more than just the desktop on their printers (printers?! seriously?!!). This is more or less backed up in the news about the announcements, in which nobody but the very upper management knew it was happening until all the tech blogs were reporting it. The explosion of sales from the reduced price was probably enough to buy the WebOS team some time. Just my speculation though. All around terrible, terrible decisions with regards to WebOS, the Touchpad and the Pre3. It's been really amazing to see just how badly HP keeps handling all this. I do hope it won't spell the end for WebOS though, as I honestly think it's a contender against iOS, which is something I don't personally think about Android.