Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Apr 2007 09:14 UTC, submitted by jeanmarc
For the first time in its 7 years of existence, some decent statement has been released concering the legality of Zeta. Access, the current owner of Be, Inc.'s IP, states: "We have sent 'cease and desist' letters to YellowTab on a number of occasions, which have been uniformly ignored. If Herr Korz feels that he holds a legitimate license to the BeOS code he's been using, we're completely unaware of it, and I'd be fascinated to see him produce any substantiation for that claim." Update: Bernd Korz has replied on his blog.
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I think Haiku will include basic, yet powerfull applications in the future. Applications which most people need and use. Maybe something along the lines of OS X?
I see your point with people needing extra applications. I do as well, and I download them when I need them. You don't see Windows and OS X distributions, but they include a basic application base (OS X better than Windows here I must say). I don't see anyone requesting more pre-configuration and more apps bundled with these operating systems?
I think a better solution than distribution loaded with applications is a collaborative page like BeBits. A site "integrated" into the OS, which suggest applications, maybe some downloader system. But this is glass elevator talk.
The way is see distro-hell, is a lot of people working in different directions instead of working together. Distributions brings with it a lot of confusion, problems in support and so on.
What I'm trying to say, is that I suggest a better download service for applications for Haiku. BeBits is such a page. Unfortunately, it's not as great as it was some years ago. Links disappear. Thats the bad thing about a site that depends on external mirrors.
Edited 2007-04-04 23:29