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HP is seeking a buyer for WebOS, the mobile operating system it acquired by buying PDA pioneer Palm last year. So says Reuters, citing a quartet of unnamed sources close to the consultation process by which HP hopes to figure out how to make back some of the $1.2bn is spent on Palm. HP has at least potential buyers lined up: …

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  1. Infidellic_
    WTF?

    What on earth would IBM or Oracle want with it?

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    1. Thomas 4
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      Quite right

      It's not like IBM often buys mobile OSes just to sit on them....

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    2. Andy Roid McUser
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      obvious

      Buy WebOs / Palm and take the patent pool.. assuming they are part of the sale..

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  2. Paul RND*1000
    Facepalm

    "Will swap for tablet business strategy"

    %s/tablet //g

    There, I fixed that headline for you.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    shame

    I liked the idea of a proper mobile linux os without some java'ery type middleware.

    I guess the licensing deal with MS went through...

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