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WebOS Into Open-Source
« on: December 09, 2011, 07:49:14 PM »
Bloomberg:
Hewlett-Packard Plans to Turn WebOS Into Open-Source Project
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December 09, 2011
By Aaron Ricadela
(Updates with Whitman’s comments in third paragraph.)
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. will turn its WebOS software into an open-source project, aiming to get other hardware makers to embrace the struggling operating system as an alternative to software from Apple Inc. and Google Inc.
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Re: WebOS Into Open-Source
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2011, 06:51:33 PM »
And, of course, MS would never do this with say, Windows 95.

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Re: WebOS Into Open-Source
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2011, 07:54:48 PM »
And, of course, MS would never do this with say, Windows 95.

Last time I checked, Windows wasn't exactly struggling for market share.
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