Saturday, 29 September 2012
Open webOS is alive and kicking, but who will actually care?
The swift demise of Palm’s webOS mobile operating system should be a cautionary tale for all actors in the technology world. From media darling to virtual oblivion in just a couple of years, webOS shows what can happen when great technology ends up in the wrong hands. And boy, they were wrong.HP bought Palm in early 2010, and market watchers noted that the main reason why HP paid the $1.2 billion was webOS, a Linux-based OS that was supposed to be HP’s ticket to the mobile bonanza. Needless
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