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RIP webOS: Again and for good this time
After “HP reshuffled its management [they] decided to make webOS open-source to keep the platform from going the way of the dodo,” James Kendrick reports for ZDNet. “It would offer webOS to the world for anyone to use, and keep the team intact to make a serious effort.”&#...
The 12 Biggest Missed Opportunities in Tech [Mistakes]
The tech world is full of flops. This ain't them; some of these companies and their products were monstrously successful for a time; others never even had the high expectations and hype required for something to earn the title "flop".More »
What If Larry Ellison And Oracle Had Bought RIM?
Larry Ellison acknowledged recently that Oracle considered buying RIM One of the interesting tidbits to emerge from testimony during Oracle panent infringment trial against Google is that Oracle had considered producing its own smartphone and buying either RIM or Palm. The testimony came from Ora...
Oracle decided not to buy BlackBerry or Palm, denies the world Ellison helmed webOracleBerry
Oracle, the 2 ton mutant gorilla of enterprise data software, once considered buying BlackBerry or Palm in order to take on Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the smartphone space. No. Seriously. Unfortunately, Oracle CEO — and former Apple board member and long-time Steve ...
Former Palm CEO Rubinstein out at HP
Former Palm CEO and principal architect of the WebOS platform Jon Rubinstein...
The Father of webOS Jon Rubinstein Is Leaving HP [Hp]
Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec, godfather of webOS and ex-CEO of Palm, has left HP, reports AllThingsD. The move isn't too surprising as the writing has been on the wall since he left HP's Palm unit last summer to move to a lesser role at HP's Personal Systems Group.More »
Survey: 21% of iPhone 4S buyers chose 64GB model; 36% of iPhone buyers upgraded from other brands
21 percent of iPhone 4S buyers opted for the high-end 64GB model...
Palm Software Director: "We Just Weren't Able To Execute"
Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20 and Brian X Chen has a great tick-tock detailing the initial fall – and continuing fall – of webOS. The interviews are quite telling, including a quote from Paul Mercer:"Palm was ahead of its time in trying to build a phone software platform using...
HP Insiders Claim WebOS Was Doomed From The Start [WebOS]
We're all well aware of the commercial problems that HP has endured with WebOS. But now, according to the New York Times, insiders have admitted that the software was doomed from the get-go.More »
Why webOS will fail - again
WebOS, first from Palm and then from Hewlett Packard, came and went so fast...
