thats right the once doomed operating system webOS has now been revived in the form of going open source. Annouced in a press release
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HP today announced it will contribute the webOS software to the open source community.
HP plans to continue to be active in the development and support of webOS. By combining the innovative webOS platform with the development power of the open source community, there is the opportunity to significantly improve applications and web services for the next generation of devices.
webOS offers a number of benefits to the entire ecosystem of web applications. For developers, applications can be easily built using standard web technologies. In addition, its single integrated stack offers multiplatform portability. For device manufacturers, it provides a single web-centric platform to run across multiple devices. As a result, the end user benefits from a fast, immersive user experience.
“webOS is the only platform designed from the ground up to be mobile, cloud-connected and scalable,†said Meg Whitman, HP president and chief executive officer. “By contributing this innovation, HP unleashes the creativity of the open source community to advance a new generation of applications and devices.â€
HP will make the underlying code of webOS available under an open source license. Developers, partners, HP engineers and other hardware manufacturers can deliver ongoing enhancements and new versions into the marketplace.
HP will engage the open source community to help define the charter of the open source project under a set of operating principles:
The goal of the project is to accelerate the open development of the webOS platform
HP will be an active participant and investor in the project
Good, transparent and inclusive governance to avoid fragmentation
Software will be provided as a pure open source project
HP also will contribute ENYO, the application framework for webOS, to the community in the near future along with a plan for the remaining components of the user space
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hp has said they will contiune to support it and provide updates regular so now the question is will it be well recieved by the open source community will hardware makers pick it up and use it on their device or will it end up dying
refurbish fire sale!thats right guys hp had a interal memo that they will have a refurbish fire sale for there ill lived tablet on ebay starting dec 11 at 7pm est prices are as follow the 16GB refurbished TouchPad will sell for $99 and the 32GB version will sell for $149 There will also be a $79 accessory pack for sale that includes a case, charging dock and wireless keyboard
