Another sad story from HP...
Did any of HP executives hear about "Innovators Dilemma?"
Quitting TouchPad is not really a surprise since HP could not sell it.
And they could not sell it, since they expected too much (money).
It was just too expensive compared to iPad. So, nobody was buying.
Best Buy took delivery of 270,000 TouchPads and has only managed to sell less than 10 percent of its inventory. One source suggested that the 25,000-unit sales number may even be "charitable" because it doesn't take returns into account.
Simply put, HP is too big, and has too high expectations.
There is almost nothing that is a reasonable growth business in that case.
Even what would be a great business for "normal size" company, is too small profit for HP.
WebOS is a nice technology, if HP had reasonable expectations,
and if they have left technologists, not marketing people, lead that business.
Invent what?
HP snaps up business software maker Autonomy for $10 billion
They should first read this book, I think.
HP failed webOS; what’s next for the platform?
Is HP’s WebOS Surrender A Win For Microsoft?
But there’s another part to this story ... “No apps, no sales.”
If you want to be a leading platform today you MUST get third-party developers on your side.
The Mistake That Killed The TouchPad
It wasn’t until after HP launched its new tablet platform that the company made its software development kit (SDK) generally available to outside and third-party app developers. That ensured that, on launch day, the cupboard would be bare when it came to apps.
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