HP's had quite a 2011 and Jon Rubinstein, former Palm CEO and a top-level executive at HP after the giant acquired Palm in 2010, was along for the ride. But according to a report out of AllThingsD (http://allthingsd.com/20120127/former-palm-head-jon-rubinstein-leaves-hewlett-packard/?mod=tweet), Rubinstein has officially left the company.
Here's the official quote out of HP:
Jon has fulfilled his commitment to HP. We wish him well.
Rubinstein was under contract with HP to complete a 12-24 month commitment post-acquisition. The report claims that Rubinstein doesn't have any plans so far, but has said that he is "going to take a well deserved break after four and a half years of developing webOS."
On December 9, 2011, HP CEO Meg Whitman announced that webOS, Rubinstein's main project, would be open sourced (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/09/hp-to-keep-webos-alive-by-making-it-open-source/) after the company killed webOS smartphones and tablets (http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/18/its-official-hp-kills-off-webos-phones-and-the-touchpad/) back in August.
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