
No, BeOS is not dead as many will speed to the forums and proclaim.
YellowTAB's Zeta is the true inheritor of BeOS 5's fortune, as it is based directly on Dano/EXP's codeline (which was supposed to be BeOS 6 but was never finished as Be sold its IP to Palm). At last, I got my hands on Zeta Beta-5a, and here is what I found and think of it so far. You might need to have some experience with BeOS in order to follow this article, but screenshots are included to make it easier for everyone.
>> [openbeos] a much more worthwhile project imo.
> I don't understand how you can say that when Zeta is there
> and it boots and it works, while OpenBeOS' doesn't. The only
> thing that Zeta doesn't have is the OSS way of doing
> development and the excitement of creating new stuff and
> becoming a "hero". But what Zeta does have is a codeline and
> a product that it is working with a great inheritance.
i was talking about a "project" not a "product". having a free and opensource desktop OS in a few years (glad to see your prediction is down to 5-7 years instead of the usual 10...) is imo worth more than a feature bloated zeta this or the next year; always on the verge of bancrupting the company.