it has got to be a testament to what shitty company HP has become than to watch them squander what was once a very viable product. WebOS should have been a success, but HP has had no idea what to do with it.
And while I generally like things becoming open source, I really don’t think a mobile OS is going to be better for it. At best, I’d say what might happen now is if you get tired of your current OS, you might have a shot at installing a buggy version of Web OS onto your device.