It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad

Re:It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad by sunchild on Thursday August 18, 2011 @08:57PM (#2901778)

I've reviewed the iOS Volume Purchase Program in some detail recently. It's not "enterprise" in any sense that I would use that word. To me, enterprise solutions means tightly coupled service and support, and negotiable terms/pricing. iOS VPP is a take it or leave it proposition.

I don't blame Apple for ignoring enterprise customers: they're usually a huge pain in the ass to deal with, and rarely have a clear idea of what they actually want. They engage suppliers just to have "a neck to choke" when things inevitably fall apart.

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Re:It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad by chrisbolt on Thursday August 18, 2011 @09:44PM (#2901882)

The iOS VPP is for purchasing apps that are most likely not made by Apple. How could they provide support or negotiate pricing for something made by someone else?

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Re:It’s Official: HP Kills Off webOS Phones and the TouchPad by sunchild on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:13PM (#2901935)

That's my point: it's not a traditional "enterprise" market. Neither price (what you pay to Apple) nor terms are negotiable. There is a certain amount of "support" involved, via the App Store approval/appeal process and transaction dispute handling, etc.

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