Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 24th Aug 2004 21:07 UTC
Haiku (OpenBeOS)'s third birthday was a few days ago. While some BeOS parts have been successfully re-implemented so far, these were mostly the 'trivial' parts: screensaver kit, printing kit etc. Read more for a mini-editorial.
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I dont agree with Eugenia on all her points.
The goal is to recreate BeOS R5, I dont ever think they mentioned a timeframe, or did they? BeOS is so very well designed ( modularity comes to my mind ) where you can replace parts with ease, without harm other parts of the system. Even if it takes 10 years ( ~6y from now ). I will enjoy replacing my modular OS that Iam using with new ( first buggy and then stable new parts ) from the Haiku tree. Crucial parts like Kernel ( I guess I need to upgrade my hardware during thoose 6 years ) will be the hardest task, if its possible. When a Kit is complete, do you think they will say, -"oh, lets go back for 4 years and wait for a complete app_server/kerne!"l, or do you think they will continue to improve, add features new feature to the part they were working on?
To make one thing clear, BeOS isnt perfect, I miss some apps, ( no drivers yet, knock on wood )
Iam so dissapointed on SkyOS ( from a innovation perspective ) where I think they accomplish nothing. The speed they are developing is amazing though, so credits to them.
Congrat Haiku team!
A BeOS users and in 6 years a 100% Haiku user =)