HP’s Computer Division has been spared the guillotine, but webOS may not be as lucky. The Guardian is reporting today that HP may soon kill off the OS designed for the short-lived and now-dead TouchPad tablet. Well, that’s a $US1.2 billion investment down the tubes.
HP purchased the division in only April of last year when it bought Palm. The potential demise of webOS could spell the end for as many as 500 webOS employees. Earlier attempts to sell off the division stalled on account of a lack of interest.
[HP via Guardian UK]
Womp
Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 11:53 AMCan you kill off something that is already dead? They should just rename webOS to ZombieOS.
olearymo
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:07 AMIt wasn’t already dead. They’d discontinued the devices, but are still actively developing and updating webOS. So far at least.
Jaezass
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 10:15 AMWeren’t there rumblings of another company buying it a while ago?
Graeme
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 12:19 PMPSG are not “HP’s Computer Division”. They make a hell of a lot more than just PCs and printers. The ESSN group could also be called “HP’s Computer Division” as they make servers.