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When HP abruptly [announced](http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/hp-will-discontinue-operations-for-webos-devices/) it was discontinuing the TouchPad and ceasing work on any future devices running webOS, we took that to mean the underdog operating system had died a premature death. But when the company [ousted](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/22/hp-names-meg-whitman-new-ceo-gives-leo-apotheker-the-boot/) bumbling CEO Leo Apotheker and replaced him with Meg Whitman, we had to wonder if webOS might have some life in it yet. Well, the company just came back with a final verdict and... not a lot has changed. The company will continue to develop webOS, as promised, but with the help of the open source community. In other words, webOS as a platform will live on, and developers both inside HP and out will spruce up the OS for interested OEMs (whoever they may be), along with people who already own webOS devices. Still, if you were hoping Whitman would resurrect the TouchPad and Pre 3 beyond just [another fire sale](http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/08/hp-to-launch-another-touchpad-fire-sale-this-weekend-because-it/), we hate to be the bearer of disappointing news. The bottom line: HP's webOS hardware lineup is still dead -- for now, at least. In an interview, a representative from the company emphasized that HP might later choose to build a device running webOS, the same way any other OEM would evaluate any other operating system. In the meantime, of course, it remains unclear which manufactures, if any, will decide to give the OS a more immediate home.
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