HP's Strange Obsession With WebOS For Printers 226
ryzvonusef writes "VentureBeat's (typically unnamed) sources identifies Intel and Qualcomm as being involved in talks for acquiring the Palm asset portfolio. However, citing sources intimate with HP's negotiations, it reports that the company wants to be able to license webOS back for use in printers; it wants it so much, in fact, that the issue has become 'a crucial part' of discussions. Maybe there's something about webOS and printers that HP knows and the rest of the world doesn't."
We B OS (Score:5, Funny)
Discuss...
palm? (Score:5, Funny)
*facePALM*
Re:Hah. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It could be a leverage point (Score:5, Funny)
There's more to it than this, I have one of these printers and don't use it very often, however last night I was sat playing BF3 and notice something out the corner of my eye. The thing had switched itself on and it's front end on the tablet thing was staring at me with the blue light on the printer flashing, as if it was trying to communicate with me, as if it felt the need to make me acknowledge it's presence.
I suspect HP does know something we don't know about WebOS, and that's that it is sentient. HP understands that if it doesn't retain a close relationship now, that when these things start to learn to do other things, like walk, and weild machine guns, then it risks suffering the same kind of enslavement as the rest of us. Me? I'm not too worried, I said "there there" to my printer in a calm voice, fed it some paper, and said "time to sleep" before gently turning it off. I hope this will be enough, that if I'm kind to it now, it will spare me when the day comes.
Re:Eh.... (Score:4, Funny)
Unfortunately, HP doesn't seem to get that most of us are moving AWAY from the idea of printing on paper, wherever possible.
Please tell my bosses! One has a secretary print out emails for him to read. Another looked at me as though I was mad when I suggested having an intranet application for expenses claims instead of a paper form. And they both come into work carrying a real newspaper.
Re:It could be a leverage point (Score:5, Funny)
This is the most rational explanation for HPs behaviour I've heard. Well that and LSD in the water in the board room.
Re:We B OS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Eh.... (Score:5, Funny)
You must work for Boeing.
We had a 'paper saving initiative' many years ago. The unit chief figured it was so important that rather than circulating one memo on the topic per group with a routing slip attached, he ordered one copy made for each employee (several hundred) in his organization.
Re:It could be a leverage point (Score:5, Funny)
That's a bit harsh, I've never had an inappropriate relationship or been accused of sexual harassment in my life!