webOS open-sourced to death
Posted by: QuirksBlog,
on 09 Dec 2011 |
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So HP open-sources webOS. That may sound like good news, but I doubt it. This is HP’s last resort. Apparently no one was interested in buying or licensing webOS. No word as to whether the webOS UX, by far the most interesting part of the project, is also open source now. What does “Good, transparent and inclusive governance to avoid fragmentation” mean. Whose governance? HP’s or the open source project’s? And if you require UX layers and device capabilities device vendors will be less interested...