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I'm sure you could find dozens of articles from 1996-1998 saying similar things about Apple, but imagine how different the world would be if Jobs listened to th

I'm sure you could find dozens of articles from 1996-1998 saying similar things about Apple, but imagine how different the world would be if Jobs listened to them and just declared Apple "dead" and didn't return to the company. WebOS is a great platform and it's not too late to save, but it needs a better company than HP to breathe new life into it. In my opinion, it's much better than iOS for tablets and larger devices (the perfect TV?) but the clock is ticking. Every day HP wastes with decisions like "should we kill one of our largest sources of revenue?" Apple is right next door developing amazing products for tomorrow like Siri.

ScottBurson 15y ago
In fairness, HP never proposed to "kill one of its largest sources of revenue". The idea was to get some cash by selling or spinning off a relatively low-margin division. Killing it would be ridiculous. IBM certainly didn't "kill" its PC division; Lenovo is now the #2 vendor.
- firefoxman1 15y ago
  While IBM wasn't nearly the world's biggest PC maker as HP is right now, I would like to see a similar deal happen with WebOS. Lenovo has proven to manage the thinkpad line better than IBM[1]. [1] http://www.tmcnet.com/topics/articles/229026-hp-remains-biggest-pc-maker-lenovo-moves-ahead.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/topics/articles/229026-hp-remains-bigg...
dpio 15y ago
webOS doesn't have a steve jobs, or else it might still be around.
- firefoxman1 15y ago
  Agreed. That's why I would love to see it in the hands of Bezos and team.
Tloewald 15y ago
The big difference here was that the Mac had been around for ten years, had a big user base (even if small relative to windows) and sustainable compelling advantages over its competitors (best versions of most graphics apps, only versions of some, many unique media apps (e.g avid, protools), real multiple monitor support, system level color management). If WebOS had ten years of history and a bunch of industry leading apps on it the analogy might be stronger.

ScottBurson 15y ago

In fairness, HP never proposed to "kill one of its largest sources of revenue". The idea was to get some cash by selling or spinning off a relatively low-margin division. Killing it would be ridiculous. IBM certainly didn't "kill" its PC division; Lenovo is now the #2 vendor.

firefoxman1 15y ago
While IBM wasn't nearly the world's biggest PC maker as HP is right now, I would like to see a similar deal happen with WebOS. Lenovo has proven to manage the thinkpad line better than IBM[1]. [1] http://www.tmcnet.com/topics/articles/229026-hp-remains-biggest-pc-maker-lenovo-moves-ahead.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/topics/articles/229026-hp-remains-bigg...

dpio 15y ago

webOS doesn't have a steve jobs, or else it might still be around.

firefoxman1 15y ago
Agreed. That's why I would love to see it in the hands of Bezos and team.

Tloewald 15y ago

The big difference here was that the Mac had been around for ten years, had a big user base (even if small relative to windows) and sustainable compelling advantages over its competitors (best versions of most graphics apps, only versions of some, many unique media apps (e.g avid, protools), real multiple monitor support, system level color management). If WebOS had ten years of history and a bunch of industry leading apps on it the analogy might be stronger.