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HP should take on android head-on by uploading WebOS to GitHub and promoting it to handset manufacturers. HP has a sizable chunk of the PC space without an OS of their own

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And how would they profit from it?

Google profits from Android phones mostly indirectly, through increased mobile web usage. HP has no such revenue source.

Could HP make money licensing the OS to other mobile manufacturers?

It would have to compete against Android, which is almost free and against WP7, which has a, much likely, negative price tag.

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