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		xuki on Feb 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Remind HN: webOS Announcement Today I don't think so. WebOS is a valuable asset and HP definitely want to keep it to themselves. We'll see =).

aidenn0 on Feb 9, 2011 [–]

I don't think they care if they keep it to themselves or not so long as they have a fair amount of control over it. They've been bitten in the past being tied to a 3rd party for improvements to their mobile OS and want to avoid that. If WebOS hadn't gone up for sale, they would likely have used Android

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