Though Hewlett-Packard was unable to produce webOS devices that consumers were interested in buying — at a positive margin , at least — CEO Meg Whitman still thinks the beleaguered platform has legs. After unsuccessfully trying to sell or license webOS, HP decided late last year to donate its $1.2 billion platform to the open source community .

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HP CEO says webOS will be better than ‘fragmented’ Android and ‘closed’ iOS
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