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PS: Zeta sucks

If a BeOS users says 'OK' then they mean something more or less in line with: "Well, it would be OK if it weren't priced like Windows. And if it didn't try to just copy the Linux model instead of staying to why we use BeOS in the first place. And if it wasn't for the cool ability to just download PhosphurOS by that weird dude, for free, I would probably only be keeping an eye on BeOS instead of using it."

Of course, they could always say if it weren't for Zeta, but I would be willing to bet my left...umm... leg, that there are more anti-Zeta fanatics than pro-Zeta fanatics. And I'm sure just as many prefer PhOS over Zeta, ratio-wise. It may not be a choice of features, but more a choice of price.

There are a few out there who bought Zeta, hated it, and use PhOS and love it. And there are the opposite, too. It is all about personal taste.

Beta 6 will allow me to readily measure first-time boot of PhOS systems. I did this with Beta 1 as well. Back then (two years now), there was a total of just over 15,000 successfull PhOS installations that managed to at least get on-line, and have an uptime of more than half an hour.

Each system was only counted once. This was achieved by the essential a hardware hash: listdev | md5sum

The result of this was sent to my server, and a perl script kept a log of the results and made sure the system was not counted twice.

Albeit, ANY hardware change would create a different result for listdev | md5sum I believe that for the most part, the number more or less accurately portrays the interested and willing user base of that time.

And yes, after a successfull posting of the listdev | md5sum, the system completely deleted all traces of the program to prevent double-counting.

I will be using the exact same system this time. To prevent discrepencies due to changes in the code (just a script).

Beta 5 downloads were immense. Every server handling the downloads went down due to overload. And I mean every one setup within two weeks of release.

Beta 6 will be released at the end of September, and this time I am looking for dozens and dozens of volunteers for various needs. Many have come forward, showing me there is support. We will soon find out just how much support there really is, and also just how much interest there actually is.

--The loon

Oh, and:

PS2: Eugenia, girl, I really admire you as a person, and I do usually trust your judgement. But why are you favoring yellowTAB all of a sudden?

I'm not saying favor me instead :-)

Maybe sometime soon I will need to do something crazy, like finish that 20 page article I was writing in hopes of getting it up on OSNews.

We'll see.

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