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 Originally Posted by jthore
As another poster mentioned, when a company buys another company, it also assumes its contractual obligations. So even if HP had not promised the 2.0 update, it would STILL be obliged to deliver it one way (as in OTA) or another.
When I bought my Pre, I didn't sign any contract that obligated Palm to provide a 2.0 update. Unless you did, they have no *contractual* obligation to provide 2.0. A *contract* has to exist before a company can be held contractually liable. I strongly doubt that a stated promise to the public by a company to do something falls into the same category as a verbal contract.
Of course, if a company makes a public promise and later changes their mind, there are business costs and risks to doing so. There may be a significant loss of good will, and their future business may be damaged. But this is in a different category.
Disclaimer: IANAL (and I don't play one on TV)
I would say that HP is neither contractually nor morally required to deliver 2.0 to "legacy" devices. Honor bound to do so? Yes. But morally required to? No. Much as we may wish otherwise.
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