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DATE | 2011-03-28 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] HP WebOS threats
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From owner-hangout-outgoing-at-mrbrklyn.com Mon Mar 28 12:37:56 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) id DCE383B8DF; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:37:55 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: hangout-outgoing-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 28) id CBA343B861; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:37:55 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD6C03A62B for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:37:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435E71F08B; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:37:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by panix5.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20529) id 27B9424255; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:37:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:37:26 -0400 From: Ruben Safir To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] HP WebOS threats Message-ID: <20110328163725.GA8341-at-panix.com> References: <20110327034944.GA6162-at-panix.com> <4D8FF8E6.6090900-at-vnetworx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D8FF8E6.6090900-at-vnetworx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:56:38PM -0400, Ron Guerin wrote: > Ruben Safir wrote: > > I know folks 'round these parts don't believe in pre-installed systems > > but HP is making some serious noise about the GNU/Linux based WebOS > > being preinstalled on EVERY HP system in the future, and I think that is > > worthy of some notice. > > > > http://www.tomshardware.com/news/HP-WebOS-Palm-OS-WebOS-PC-Tablets-Smartphones,12352.html > > > > I doubt there's a shred of GNU in there. Do you know otherwise? It's > always a good thing to see Linux getting around, if nothing else it's > one less copy of iOS or Windows on something, but I believe WebOS is a > good deal more proprietary than Android is. Nokia Maemo devices these > things are not. Alas poor Nokia.... It's starting to look like Linux > will be the #1 phone and tablet operating system, but only locked down > variants stripped of anything that might let you use your device in ways > other than the company that sold it to you wants you to use it. > > It's pretty shitty what's been going on with Android devices. The > carriers like "open" when it applies to _them_, but when it applies to > _you_, openness is something to be battled with every available > technical and legal resource. > > Also... who do you think WebOS is a threat to? I hear it spoken of > rather favorably by some industry pundits, but who do you think it > threatens? Windows? iOS? Android? Blackberry/QNX? All of them? > > - Ron
I don't know that about WebOS. Did you see the interoperability of the various devices that HP is proposing. It will be a new standard and much what I'd expected to see even a few years ago, but never developed.
Ruben
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