Former
Palm chief
Jon Rubinstein has left
Hewlett-Packard, having completed the 24-month commitment period he agreed to when HP acquired
Palm. An HP spokesperson has confirmed the story, first reported by
AllThingsD, in a brief statement: "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well."
Rubinstein rose to fame as a hardware guru at NeXT, ultimately joining Apple after the company
acquired NeXT in 1996. He was instrumental in developing the
iMac and
PowerMac desktops before spearheading the
iPod project that would herald the company's business dominance. After retiring in 2006, he joined Palm to revitalize the flagging device maker's fortunes, developing the
Palm Pre and
WebOS software before being crowned as its CEO in 2009. A year later, Hewlett-Packard purchased the company for $1.2 billion: but just a year later, pulled the shutters down as Rubinstein was shifted (or "dumped") to a "
product innovation role" within HP, where he saw out the last of his retention period before departing. In a terse comment to
The Verge, the man himself has said that he's "going to take some well deserved time off," and after the last twelve months, we wouldn't blame him.
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