HP turns to open source community to keep WebOS going

Stuart Sumner
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Software acquired in 2010 for £770m will now be released for free, in another departure from previous CEO Apotheker's strategy

HP will release its smartphone operating system WebOS as open-source code, in a move that mirrors Google's decision to open up the Android mobile operating system in 2007. Both systems run on a ...

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