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Originally Posted by markbot
HP should not have bought palm and should have just done an Android tablet...
how anyone, let alone supposed industry experts, would think the Palm acquisition would ever work out is hard to fathom...it was just so obviously a terrible acquisition. the CEOs were probably buddies and this was like some subconscious way to enrich friends.
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With all respect, does not look you know the "why" of the acquisition.
The main reason was expanding the software's portfolio and make an entrance into the smartphone market. Like other have said, webOs is a good operating system. If you go back 2 years or more, it was even better than Android at that time.
The problem is or was, and probably you will agree on me on this, it was not handled properly. Maybe HP did not invest enough money on R&N or did not paired the Os with a great hardware, I don't know... but did not good as smooth as planned. And to makes things worse, previous CEO had the crazy idea of selling PSG, leaving webOs future in hands of uncertainty. That damaged the trust users had on the Os, really bad.
In my opinion, the acquisition made total sense. But it was not handled properly, which is different.