HP decides on a fate for the HP Personal Systems Group-- the unit will remain part of the company after all.
The spin-off option will never happen either, as HP (and new CEO Meg Whitman) realises the value of remaining in the PC business.
The HP PSG was put on sale last August as one of the last decisions by non-hardware loving ex-CEO Léo Apotheker, who wanted to turn HP into an IBM-alike, selling hardware and software to enterprise clients.
Even when going through such uncertain times, the HP PC business still grew in market share during the summer according to Gartner and IDC research.
HP offers no details on the future of Palm and webOS though--but the company says it will come to a decision regarding webOS within the next few months.
