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Holy shit.

It was crazy enough when talk began leaking out this morning that HP was spinning off their PC business — they’re the biggest PC maker in the world.

Now they’re winding down (read: killing off) webOS and killing off the Pre and the just-released TouchPad?

Yes, they have their large enterprise business. And now they have Autonomy. So essentially, HP is going to try to do the same move IBM did in the 1990s. It worked for IBM, will it work for HP?

More importantly, did HP really need to do this? Seems a little premature to me. Yes, the TouchPad was a flop. But we’re in the very early days of the mobile/tablet space. And again, HP rules (ruled) the PC business.

With the webOS buy, HP had an opportunity to control an entire ecosystem — hardware and software working seamlessly together. They could have been a true foil to Apple. Instead, they’re giving up and becoming an enterprise company.

Wow.

This sums up my feelings pretty well. Nice job, HP?

Source: parislemon

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… looks like we should get ready...see some more major shifts between
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my feelings pretty well. Nice job, HP?
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Bottom line: This
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something similar back...‘99. My father...for many years,...
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I think there’s no way
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