[GRLUG] WebOS for HP machines

[Mike Williams]

It's not HP's first attempt to do a computer without Windows. My wife 
has an HP Mini that while it came with Windows XP initially, HP produced 
a heavily customized Linux for it. She tried it for a while after the XP 
installation became unusable, and the Linux was a fairly neat neophyte 
interface. Unfortunately, it was a little too heavily locked down and 
couldn't be persuaded to install any apps beyond what it came with. I 
think it was still a better implementation than the mess that came on 
some of the Linux ASUS EeePC's.

On 03/10/2011 12:03 AM, 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 $50 off the price
> of a machine by not having to bow to M$.
>
>    -- Bob
>
>


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