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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Is it just me or does it feel like the flamewars about MS vs Linux has completely ruined the view of people on different operating systems?
So what if Haiku doesn't incorporate all sexy apps like Photoshop and Flash. So what if Haiku doesn't have all drivers on the market. So what if Haiku doesn't feel l33t to some *nix lovers?
MANY people consider e-mails, some browsing and using your box as a Jukebox is what covers 90% of your daily usage. Sure, Office Suite is dandy for Office use but for home use some of us simply don't care.
Assume that I as a user would just what I mentioned above and want the sexiest solution on the market for not too much money. There goes XP and MS solutions out the Window (laugh here). Linux surely not sexy, even though those who get turned on by penguins think it is (laugh here). OSX is simply far to expensive, people need high paid Jobs to eat Apples (laugh here).
To me, who certainly enjoy seeing the progress of Syllable and SkyOS, Haiku is definitely the sweetest thing in the OS market (UI opinion is subjective). May it take 1,2,3,4,5 years, I want you serving my home anyway, no matter all the fancy features everyone else think of. I don't even care if it is the MS better (Unlike many who don't use Windows, I don't hate MS).
Now you might say I'm alone here, but I'm confident I'm not. Even if I am it really doesn't matter either, the market share hunt that all the commercial operating systems is up to (Win/OSX/Linux) don't concern me a bit.