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PR. They haven't got a clue about what do with webOS, so instead of announcing its shutdown, they 'donate' it to open source.
by gms 15y ago
PR. They haven't got a clue about what do with webOS, so instead of announcing its shutdown, they 'donate' it to open source.
- siglesias 15y agoAnd this is worth the tens of millions, if not hundreds, that they would have received for selling it?
- jaysonelliot 15y agoYou can only sell if you can find a buyer.
- w33ble 15y agoSelling it to who, exactly?
- siglesias 15y agoWord on the street was Facebook (http://zd.net/psW2NP http://zd.net/psW2NP) and Amazon (http://bit.ly/uSFTVz http://bit.ly/uSFTVz) were interested.
- smacktoward 15y agoNot interested enough, apparently!
- av500 15y agoboth went with Android, and I think they did the right move..
- cpeterso 15y ago"Many" companies were rumored to be interested in buying Palm's patents. I don't know why HP didn't sell the Palm patents. I'm curious to see what the webOS open source license will have to say about the use of Palm patents.
- idiot900 15y agoThe patents are probably most useful for defense, especially in today's fairly ridiculous IP litigation climate.
- nl 15y agoWebOS isn't worth anything. Yet another platform with little adoption. Meebo has no adoption by hardware manufactures and it is free. The Palm patent portfolio is worth a lot, but I doubt HP is interested in selling it.