[GRLUG] WebOS for HP machines

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:03:07AM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
> http://www.mercurynews.com/business-headlines/ci_17575829?nclick_check=1
> 
> **
> In an interview published this week, Apotheker told Bloomberg News that HP
> intends to offer the webOS software along with Microsoft's well-known
> Windows operating system on all of its PCs. The company hopes to increase
> the adoption of webOS, both by PC users and by independent developers who
> create applications for PCs and mobile gadgets.
> **
> 
> It will be interesting to see how many takers
> HP gets.  It can probably knock $50 off the price
> of a machine by not having to bow to M$.

Will this save them from having to do so?  Won't webOS be shipped
*along with* Windows?
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john-thomas
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