HP goes open source with WebOS

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has finally decided the fate of its WebOS software to convert by choosing a mobile operating system (OS), an open source project hopes that other hardware makers working "a remarkable platform." The challenges will be releasing an open source code in time change the individual parts of the codes were also licensed Microsoft and Oracle open source version of the report noted.

The statement issued late Friday, HP announced that the "WebOS to the open source community" and is still active, to develop and support a mobile OS. "By combining innovative WebOS platform for the development of the power of the open source community, have the opportunity to significantly improve Web services applications and next-generation devices."

Decision comes after months of deliberation over what he should do with the software that it had acquired in 2010 in Palm for $ 1.2 billion.

Bloomberg report on Saturday, WebOS is offered under a license that allows hardware makers and software developers with access to source code and use it in their products, but requires companies to use it to change back to the project.
HP CEO Meg Whitman told Bloomberg in an interview: "thing we have to recognize about the WebOS platform, it really is remarkable. It was not the right thing to just turn off. It should not be wasted."

He added that the company is likely to release new WebOS-based hardware in 2013, but not smartphones. "I think we're a smart business," Whitman said.

At the same time, the company also is working to replace parts of the WebOS numbers of licensed companies - including Microsoft and Oracle - the open source ones, said Sam Greenblatt, CTO of HP's high-tech. These include software licensed to Redmond digital rights management, and Oracle Berkeley DB database, he added.

HP announced WebOS operations had been suspended in August, especially in touchpad and WebOS phones, but suspended the decision of the then-CEO Leo Apothekar was ousted, and Whitman were to take over the reins of an IT company.

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