Open source project of OS "WebOS" acquired by LG Electronics from HP will be launched

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WebOSOriginallyHewlett-PackardIs a subsidiary ofPalmIt was developed for mobile terminal OS. In 2013LG ElectronicsIt was announced that the WebOS that was acquired by the company will be restarted as an open source project.

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The WebOS originally developed a mobile terminal that Palm, which had been sluggish, developed in 2009 due to his resurgencePalm PreIt is a mobile OS installed in, supports synchronization with iTunes and multi touch screen. But in the end Palm could not get out of the crisis, Hewlett Packard of the parent company ended the development of WebOS in 2011, LG Electronics acquired in 2013.

LG Electronics is a major consumer electronics and information communications manufacturer based in Seoul, Korea, and it was said that "WebOS was acquired not as the original OSA for mobile but as OS for smart TV to be installed" It was. Since it was installed as a "fairy OS" for products such as televisions and refrigerators which are not original use, both "WebOS is dead" and "zombie OS"I was toldLG Electronics announced that it will make WebOS an open source project.

This makes it possible for web developers to easily develop applications for WebOS, and for small single board computersRaspberry PiIt will be possible to transplant to the project and to proceed with your own project. LG Electronics is planning to install WebOS on other products not only smart TV and refrigerator in the future, and it suggests that WebOS has expandability.

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IP Park, LG Electronics' chief technology officer, said, "WebOS has been going a long way and now it is a stable and commercial success that is functioning as a wide product OS as well as TV And I believe there is a possibility that the WebOS is not yet visible. "

In the WebOS open source project, developers can not only download source code but also use related tools, guidelines and forums provided by LG Electronics. WebOS is originally developed with Linux and WebKit as the core, and seems to be compatible with HTML 5 and CSS 3, so the possibility of further WebOS may be opened by being open source.