Linked by David Adams on Fri 27th Dec 2002 16:33 UTC, submitted by George N
BeOS & Derivatives Nowadays, all you hear about is Windows, MacOS X, or GNU/Linux. However, what ever happened to the good old BeOS?
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"If only they GPLed BeOS 5"
by Rll on Fri 27th Dec 2002 19:48 UTC

OK, here's an example:
Why IBM cannot `opensource` their OS/2 ? Theres some Micro$oft Code in there...
Why Palm can't `opensource` BeOS... They'll use its concepts, desines etc. 4 there Palm OS 6...

GO 2 Palm and say: Hey, give us BeOS, we know u paid 4 it 10.000000 $ (az i remember), but lets GPL it...

Why Zeta isn't open source?
They Lisenced some ORIGINAL BeOS codes... There's some Palm/Be.inc. Code in there...

Soo the only way 2 make BeOS `opensorse` iz 2 rewrite it!!!





PS: I'll by a "Zeta" Deluxe BOX when it'll be ready And download OSBOS and compare em

Osbos' [OPEN]BFS will be faster couse Zeta still uses ORIGINAL BFS unless they redesine it....