HP: webOS will welcome newcomers to compete with Android and iOS

HP WebOS is going to be open source and licensing to the open source community is well known. Although HP has closed its business on webOS and stopped releasing any webOS hardware, and has also fired several Palm/webOS engineers, HP is still planning to revitalize the webOS team from now on, competing with Android and iOS. Recently, HP CEO Whitman was interviewed by CRN and thought that the webOS system will usher in a new life, and the system will become the number one competitor of the current mainstream platform, such as Android and iOS. Meg Whitman said, “This is a very difficult time for our Palm/webOS team. There have been a lot of unpleasant things in the past 6 to 8 months, and we have lost some people. But now we are working on a clear goal. Although many people don't like the goal, some people are very excited about it, but it is doomed to be unusual. An open source operating system has some really powerful advantages. "Meg Whitman also said that we want to build another operating system with great advantages. I think IOS is a closed system, and the fragmentation of Android is unbelievable. After the acquisition, Motorola eventually became more closed. ” However, in the interview, Meg Whitman did not announce any specific details related to the plan, it is not clear whether the future webOS system is still the same as the current, can be pre-installed on mobile phones and tablets.