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Originally Posted by Daimyo
I guess what I don't understand is, if WebOS was the right OS for HP to use in phones and tablets, why hadn't they already licensed it? If WebOS made sense for HP they didn't have to buy the company to be able to use it...
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Probably because Palm said they would look at licensing webOS, but if you read between the lines they were probably going to want a big enough chunk of cash that it wasn"t the most attractive way to go.
Owning it outright is probably the best thing for both sides IMO. Actual input and control from HP on where they would like to see webOS go and the Palm people have to listen. Meanwhile it sounds like most of the Palm people will get to stick around and continue their work as planned with the extra butt-load of cash.
I mean crap, HTC now has to pay MS to use Google's OS, it's a crazy mobile OS world out there.