Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 2nd Jun 2003 06:10 UTC
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.
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As an old time BeOS user and developer I am saddened to see this review of Zeta.
It seems to me that YellowTab has taken BeOS and destroyed the principial idea: Keep it simple and efficient.
I see the screenshots and the "themes", and I feel sorry for what BeOS has become. I read what Euginia has to say and agree, what reason could YellowTab have to screw up a great/simple installer with more bloat-crap.
YellowTab should have sat down and done a bug-fix release first, then they should have turned to more features.
Frankly I don't see how they plan on competing with Mac OS X, Windows XP, or even KDE 3.1.
I also think that providing themes is a very bad idea. At least they should have focused on 2 themes, not 8. 2 perfect ones are better than 8 screwed up ones.
Just my take on this.
Michael
PS. I am not buying this one, perhaps the next version