>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20094222-92/hp-halts-webos-business-spins-off-pc-unit/
>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20094249-92/what-hps-pc-spin-off-plans-mean-for-you/

Significant for sure. There have been recent discussions here about times changing and this brings it home. For some reason this one hits hard. HP was the epitome of the computer company started in a garage. Its founding was the birth event of Silicon Valley, way before Apple.