WebOS Community Edition of output: it is party to the change of TouchPad

HP has making available the source code of the Community Edition of WebOS for TouchPad.

It is through his blog dedicated to developers that HP released new components on the WebOS Open source system. A version called Community Edition which must offer the TouchPad Tablet owners the opportunity to continue to see their operating system evolve through volunteers of developers to the world of free software.

We learn therefore, after Open-source of various elements, the WebOS Community Edition source code is now available for download. Attention, do not confuse the - dedicated to the HP - Open WebOS Tablet whose first final version should be available in September (see article). Indeed, Open WebOS for its part aims to provide a free system derived from WebOS is compatible with other tablets.

"The availability of WebOS Community Edition will allow you to learn as the TouchPad Tablet works and modify according to your preferences." All these knowledge you will be of course useful Open WebOS 1.0 "ensures the team in charge of these projects at HP. All necessary information are available here, while the WebOS Community Edition source code can be found here.

The developers princpaux of Enyo for WebOS spend in Google

Google concerned services of the small group of developers who developed the Enyo, WebOS application framework.

Most of the members of the team of engineers in charge of Enyo - WebOS in HTML5 application framework that had debuted on TouchPad - will leave HP to join Google, and this in the coming weeks. It is not clear to anticipate the consequences of these departures on the Open WebOS project, to date as one mind that HP drew a road map leading to the release of the code of WebOS in an "Open" version expected to be finalized in September. Because indeed, Enyo and its developers are at the heart of HP's Open Source strategies.

In the same way, what Google will occupy its new developers coming from HP? It is not known at this time, but logically, this team should move closer to engineers in charge of Android. Indeed, many say that Android has perhaps things to learn from WebOS, a system which - despite his quick abandonment - was able to convince many observers and mobile systems specialists. It is also possible to find them affiliated with the Chrome section, to work on the framework developers of the Chrome Web Store.