HP officially launches webOS TouchPad ... again? - ZDNet (blog)

i've read bonks of articles on WebOS and HP. what people never seem to address is the politics in every company.

Will the entrenched managers and power brokers in HP in charge of the printers, windows PCs divisions etc cave in so easily and make Rubinstein ex-Apple ex-Palm chief of WebOS into a STAR and jeopardize their own positions? Give the Apple Guy' full support and let him grab the limelight, the bonuses and the promotions?
Don't think so unless you are Apple with Steve Jobs who can cut through the B.S (Jobs pushed iOS to equal standing or even ahead of Macs and iPods).

studies have shown that top managers spend 70% of their energy on promoting themselves (networking, kissing up to superiors, building alliances, turf fighting etc) and 30% on technical company business ('pure' lab rat engineers etc never get the top posts). Top managers will never just let outsiders walk onto their turf without major resistance.

GEEKY writers saying WebOS (because it's a cool tech) will transform HP easily without addressing internal politics are dumb, have little understanding of human nature.

I suspect New CEO Apoetaker an outsider who took over from Hurd who left under a cloud is himself on uncertain ground and doubtlessly afraid to push the established LORDS of Divisions too hard.

the HP touchPad disaster (fat clunky, no apps, buggy) is clear indication of lukewarm internal support.

look at Microsoft, the Lords of Windows Desktop and Office (the BIG Msft money earners) has whacked Win Mobile (peanut money division) for years, look at all the win Mo initiatives which went nowhere or died: Win Ce, Win Mobile 6, Zune, Zune Phone, Danger, Pink, Courier, Kin etc (yeah I know some of them are interlinked but I'm too confused to untangle the mess). Now the new tablet OS will be Windows DESKTOP 8!! Windows desktop guys will never cede power no matter how advantageous making new pure mobile OS is.

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