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What WebOS Means To HP, Linux, And You
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| In Johnâs review of the new HP TouchPad, he claimed that âWebOS is the
| real star of this show. The OS offers true multi-tasking and uses a system of
| âcardsâ and âstacksâ to display active applications.â I think itâs worthwhile
| to remind everyone that WebOS is built atop the Linux kernel, and that has
| several interesting ramifications. HP has continued Palmâs dedication to
| user experience, and WebOS should make it abundantly clear that âLinuxâ
| need not be synonymous with âcomplex and arcaneâ. But thereâs a lot
| more than just superficial window dressing to consider.
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| HP could have chosen to use Android for their tablet. It would
| not have been a bad decision, really, but by buying and continuing
| to develop WebOS, HP is using Linux to better control their own destiny.
| Jim Zemlin, director of the Linux Foundation, says he sees this âas an
| anti-Microsoft decision so that they no longer need to rely on a third-party
| and be beholden when making important business decisions.â This tactic
| has been tried many times in the past: old-timers will remember various OEMs
| shipping DR-DOS rather than MS-DOS, and OS/2 rather than Windows 3.1, to
| fight the Redmond hegemony. But WebOS, and the proliferation of small
| mobile computing platforms (tablets, phones, printers, etc), allows HP to
| really own their whole stack, which allows them provide the best experience
| to their customers according to their own corporate vision.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/30/what-webos-means-to-hp-linux-and-you/
HP has far too many patents to be extorted by Microsoft.
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