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WebOS will be on 'every HP PC' shipping next year, says CEO

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Re: WebOS will be on 'every HP PC' shipping next year, says CEO

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

For at least the last 15 years, there has been no central way to upgrade user software on Microsoft Windows. Today, in 2011, there is no way to do this. Maybe it's coming eventually, sure. But again, these points are seriously minor issues compared to what I'm trying to suggest: The "mobile" OS space is consistently more user-friendly than the desktop space. Maybe desktops can catch up. Maybe MS is working magic behi…

> For at least the last 15 years, there has been no central way to upgrade user software on Microsoft Windows. For most of the last 15 years, most people installed their software by sliding shiny round things into their computer. > The "mobile" OS space is consistently more user-friendly than the desktop space. Unless you want to print something. Mobile OS's are considerably more limited, which with very little effor…

>Mobile operating systems (and, in my cases Linux in general) are very bad at solving the hard yet common problems -- like seamlessly printing documents or working with arbitrary hardware and software.

You're out of date. Printing is actually easier on Linux than on Windows.

Part of why you can't take a stock version of android and install it on any phone because the hardware discovery on cell phones is entirely lacking. Think back to the days when you had to select the type of sound card and it's address and all that jazz. Now apply that to every single hardware component.

Re: WebOS will be on 'every HP PC' shipping next year, says CEO

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This is crazy! Say goodbye to HP. Who will be their client base. Google will beat them at the simple platform of straight to the internet! I have the Google Chrome CR-48 and its my first choice to surf the internet. When there is now an Android phone running Linux when connected to a laptop shell, HP is doing the opposite!

"What I like/think" != "What everyone likes/thinks". This is hardly "say goodbye to HP" material (besides to you apparently).

Please explain what would make anyone buy this over Windows, Mac OSX or Google Chrome???
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