Hewlett-Packard to exit computing and buy Autonomy (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed plans to stop making PCs, tablets and phones, in order to refocus on software.

It has also emerged that the US company has agreed to buy UK software firm Autonomy for £6.2bn ($10.3bn).

HP added that it was considering selling its personal systems group, which includes the world's biggest PC-making business, and that it will discontinue its webOS devices.

The webOS operating system is used in its tablet computers and smartphones.

Refocus

The announcements mark a significant U-turn for the company, which announced in a March strategic review that it would integrate webOS into all of its future hardware.
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[napi21]

1. Well, poop! I've had 3 HP's and have been very happy with them.

The one thing I liked was their live chat. I'm so tired of tring to understand someone from another country speak english, but poorly. At least with live chat, all they have to know is how to spell, and we can communicate very well. If HP disappears, I don't know what brand I'll buy next!

[Warpy]

2. Right, even in the bad old days of Carly Fiorina,

HP stuff not only worked, it tended to hold together long after other brands had conked out.

I understand why they're doing this, it's called market saturation.

I'm just very sad to see them go unless the hardware division maintains its present management structure. Somebody there has been doing the right things to produce superior hardware.

[SharonAnn]

3. Holy - Moly! So Mark Hurd's business plan worked! For him, at least.

He got lots of moola.

"Apres moi, le deluge!"