After months of waiting to see the fate of WebOS, HP has finally made a decision that was unexpected but extremely welcome. Making WebOS open source will definitely give this amazing OS a new lease on life and make it a true competitor to iOS and Android. As a touchpad user, I can’t wait to see how the developer community will push this OS.

Here’s the post from HP: http://developer.palm.com/blog/2011/12/open-source/