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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> But launching the OS and being able to run a majority of BeOS applications,
> and actually *use* them, thats should be possible by 2006, *at the latest*
You completely lost the point of the article. EVEN SO, it is already too late! No one would care running a BeOS5-capable OS by 2006.
OSX already has the BEST feature of BeOS, the BFS capabilities (and EVEN more FS features than BFS has, thanks to the ex-Be engineers who work at Apple). So, what's the point? I don't see one. Where's the 3D support in the UI and in GL? Where is multi-user and good security? Where are the apps and a *good* X server port, as part of the app_server (and not as a standalone app)? Where is the 32b per channel support for printing and images? Where is the advanced audio capabilities (for your information, Media Kit always sucked, but Be's marketing was clever to call Be a "media OS" and everyone ate the lie). Where are the PRO TESTING LABS of Haiku? (Be had a whole team with hardware/software debugging)
There is a lot that you don't seem to know or understand about the BeOS and the difficult market that it's in. You believe that an OS can be created "just like that". Sorry, but that ain't true.