Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 24th Aug 2004 21:07 UTC
BeOS & Derivatives 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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is BeOS still relevent?
by Aaron on Tue 24th Aug 2004 22:20 UTC

> but what does it still offer that OS X doesn't already (or Tiger won't in a few months)?

What it offers me that OS X doesn't is the ability to run off cheaper hardware. I am interested in OS X. I want the polish of a commercial OS (which isn't Windows), but I don't want to buy their hardware. It's too expensive.