HP Cuts Staff As WebOS Transitions To Opensource

alphadogg writes "Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, according to IDG News Service. HP said last year that it would stop making devices that use the operating system which was developed by Palm for phones and tablets, and later decided to release the software under the Apache License 2.0. As webOS continues the transition to open-source software, HP no longer needs many of the engineering and other related positions that it required before, the company said in a statement. 'This creates a smaller and more nimble team that is well-equipped to deliver an open source webOS and sustain HP's commitment to the software over the long term,' it added."

Comments

Open Source kills jobs

[Anonymous Coward]

Further proof that Open Source kills engineering jobs and depresses wages.

Open source

[PARENA]

It took our jooobs!

Re:Just too funny

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

They certainly do have a strategy:

They purchased a Magic 8 ball, gave it a set of stock options that most of their employees could never hope to possess, and now shake it twice daily and execute its instructions to the letter...

Re:Just too funny

[Enry]

Outlook not so good

That's it, we're switching to Thunderbird!

Re:Palm

[Anne Thwacks]

Or perhaps - Face-Palm OS :-}