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HP to open-source webOSHP to open-source webOSPosted Dec 10, 2011 12:53 UTC (Sat) by job (guest, #670)In reply to: HP to open-source webOS by wesmo Parent article: HP to open-source webOS
So, apparently HP will keep 600 employees in a webOS foundation and keep developing it, with roadmaps and everything. But what's in it for them, when they've ceased all hardware development? I don't get it.
It's going to be very interesting to see how this develops, and obviously how it affects Tizen/Meego. Mobile Linux apart from Android has been somewhat of a disappointment so far but I think there should be room for a third player in the smartphone space and anything could still happen.
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HP to open-source webOS Posted Dec 10, 2011 13:14 UTC (Sat) by andreasb (subscriber, #80258) [Link]
As you can read in the interview, HP might create new WebOS hardware again:
> In the near term what I would imagine and this could change, in full disclosure is I would think tablets, I do not believe we will be in the smartphone business again.
HP to open-source webOS Posted Dec 10, 2011 14:34 UTC (Sat) by danielpf (subscriber, #4723) [Link]
HP is interested by printers in particular.
HP to open-source webOS Posted Dec 10, 2011 14:06 UTC (Sat) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]
> But what's in it for them, when they've ceased all hardware development? I don't get it.
Is most of the WebOS codebase that tightly linked to specific hardware?
HP to open-source webOS Posted Dec 10, 2011 16:55 UTC (Sat) by kripkenstein (subscriber, #43281) [Link]
> It's going to be very interesting to see how this develops, and obviously how it affects Tizen/Meego
And B2G. We will have three fully open mobile OSes, each using the web platform as a basis, either partly (WebOS) or entirely (B2G) or somewhere in the middle (Tizen), and all are of course Linux-based.
HP to open-source webOS Posted Dec 11, 2011 10:30 UTC (Sun) by kragilkragil2 (guest, #76172) [Link]
Well, despite what peoples first thought might be it could make good business sense _IF_ they get any traction.
Ways to monetize:
- build hardware again
And sure the OEMs could try to do all these things themselves .. but I doubt they want to. They will gladly buy the package as long as it's less expensive than what they have to pay for Android and Windows Mobile.
It might work and provide revenue for a long time or they could have gone the Access(BeOS) route, which would have only entailed sunk cost. Which one would you have chosen?
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