HP CEO says he didn’t buy Palm for smartphones…
We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn’t seem to resonate well. We bought it for the IP. The WebOS is one of the two ground-up pieces of software that is built as a web operating environment [...] We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices [...] Now imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment. That is a very value proposition.
He is basically saying that they want Palm’s patents to protect their product line of small web enabled devices moving forwards.
What I am curious about is this :
Is this what caused Palm engineers to leave HP, or is it because Palm engineers have left HP?
Either way, I rest my case :
I don’t see this going anywhere fast. But I may be wrong. I have been before.