"Like Linus, the thing is, who will license WebOS, Samsung seems unlikely now, HTC would be foolish to do so, the developers for WebOS have likely given up on developing apps...
What does WebOS have now, less than 1% of the market?
Palm was for sale for years before HP bought them, no takers. What has changed? The fact that at a price where the devices actually made $, they didn't sell? Nope, that's already proven. The fact that if yOu sell something for a third of what it cost to make it, you move product? Well, we've proven that now.
What's left? Not much... As I said, let's see where WebOS is in a mere 12 months, and in all likelihood, it'll be dead. I'm not jumping up and down, thrilled at the prospect, but WebOS is likely dead.
Frankly, I don't even understand what you're talking about, That this is some master plan to make WebOS a viable, licensable OS? Palm tried that years ago. Flipping Palm has been in "trouble" ever since I can remember, bought, sold, spun off, you name it, and I was a fan for years. Now I've given up.
Maybe those fools at pre central can buy WebOS, I literally laughed at the first post suggesting that, and there have been a lot of them.
So you think that this is all a master marketing plan by HP to license or sell WebOS?
Looks like supply & demand and the free market to me, and it looks like WebOS is playing taps, waiting to get a few spades of dirt shoveled on the casket.
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