Originally Posted by
gsquared Surprised we haven't seen anything of WebOS. Is it still open source?
LG bought it lock, stock, and 2 smoking barrels from HP for about half of what HP paid for it. There was no interest in an open sourced WebOS among developers, not with Tizen, Firefox OS and Ubuntu (did I spell that even close?) coming out.
LG has steadfast denied any rumur about using it in handsets, saying they are only doing Androids. Their intention was to use it as the interface of their smart appliances and TV's in the next few years.
What a waste.