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Re:It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad by SwellJoe on Thursday August 18, 2011 @05:53PM (#2901290)
This logic could have been applied to Android. There were numerous "leading" mobile operating systems when Android launched. Likewise for Apple launching the iPhone and iOS.

Sometimes, a company has to bet they can beat the competition, or we get stuck with the same old crap, forever.

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Re:It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad by wallflower on Thursday August 18, 2011 @11:06PM (#2902070)
Dug up this vintage article on the all-in bet that was the iPhone

http://counternotions.com/2008/07/16/bet-iphone/

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