HP, the largest seller of PC’s in the world, made a huge decision to spin off or sell its pc/laptop/tablet line so it could focus on software, servers, networking, integration and other high margin products.  IBM sold off its pc division over 8 years ago to Lenovo and never looked back. IBM has increased business by focusing on the lucrative integration opportunities.  HP looks at IBM as its chief competitor and probably saw it as a way to refocus on the higher paying areas and getting out of the low margin PC sales.  If they can get a good price for the HP computer line, they can refocus the profits on other acquisitions which can help dominate the choicest markets.

Also, the failure of the PalmOS/WebOS acquisition to make much of a splash against the slide in sales due to IPAD, probably led to HP’s decision.  Who cares if you own the biggest percentage of a constantly shrinking market?  Maybe HP sees the writing on the wall.  It isn’t the death of the pc, but obviously extreme mobility is putting significant pain in the side of PC and Laptop developers.    The on-demand apps found on the Android and Apple Store is something that Windows has not found an answer to yet.

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