Yes - I agree with what you're saying below. When HP did acquire Palm, the world wasn't dominated by Android/iOS (well, iOS was pretty big). So, if the execution was right, there was still an opportunity. The problem was the execution.
Anyway, all things start from somewhere: Android started from nothing too. That said, I'm not hopeful about WebOS - certainly not as a mass market consumer tablet product. Maybe they'll find some niche areas to sell it into. Cheers Ken From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 19 August 2011 7:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP) As I understand it, the only reason for acquiring Palm was to get WebOS. Then they screwed up by waiting too long to enter the market with a product that was not ready and lacked app support. As to the future of WebOS, who else would want it? The HP failure is a major black mark, whether earned or not, whether the OS is superior or not. The name of the game is apps. Without developer support and a large catalog of apps, buyers won't pay a competitive price for a device that may be slightly better in ways most users won't notice. I wonder how Playbook sales are doing at Blackberry and whether it can survive, for the same reasons. Carl From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP) They inherited this as part of the Palm acquisition. WebOS used to get quite good reviews... From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Friday, 19 August 2011 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP) You shouldn't expect highly paid executives to understand such an obvious potential (non) future for a product before it falls flat on its face in the market. Think anyone will get fired as a result? Unlikely. From: N Parr [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP) I never understood why in a market dominated by Apple and Google they decided to create a new tablet/phone OS? ________________________________ From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP) HP is discontinuing their WebOS operations and going to spin off their PC Unit. I'd say they are having some issues. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/hp-punts-on-webos-discontinues-touchpad-cuts-outlook/55386?tag=nl.e589 On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: +1 I have a client with two LJ 4's that are still going. Please don't say it's going to the Procurve side, I am just moving clients to them (HP1810G series) Dave ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
