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BeOS Was never about ruiling the world it is/was marketed towords Geeks and Multi/media enthusiests

As Projects Linux and BeOS are about the same age, both were started in 1990/91, and with Be's small team of engineers and user base the fact that BeOS the level with the Open Source behemoth that is Linux
is somthing extrodinary. Linux started as a hobby OS based upon
somthing that already existed. Linux used all the GNU stuff
avalible at the time to quickly complete an OS. BeOS started from
the ground up for a Platform that was never intended to be Intel.

Running a alternate OS should not be a flavor or whats cool of the month kinda deal its what gets the job done effciently that counts.

I run BeOS because it runs well boots fast prints web browses
views my email, I like the Gui my hardware works, I have all the
tools to do any office or multimedia job Burn CD's download from my camera. I need and it runs without a hicup no slowdown nothing that indicates i will need a new computer in the next 6 months.

Let me recap, BeOS Runs fast on my computer, it was easy to install.
i had no problems getting my hardware to run. It does every thing i need to do, and it does it quickly and requires almost no maintnece.

Is there is somthing in BeOS you don't find to your likeing
or specifications? By all means the API is there, the opensource
projects are there. It's up to you nobody is out there to hand
feed you.

Why buy another computer, when the one you already own
can do anything you need. it is a waste of money, a waste
of Landfill, completely stupid.

If you switched from BeOS, because it suddenly became
uncool, even though BeOS did what it needed to then you should
be using Windows and not an alternate OS.

Use what you need, if you need heavy graphics get your self a SGI
machine and use Irix, if you want to play games get a Gamecube.
if you like eyecandy and have money to burn get Mac OS/X

In my experience. Linux was slow to boot, hard to configure, bloated, the multiple partitions needed for swap and data are a real pain in the ass. Open Office is slow and takes up to much hard disk. The Login is really unnessesary, having to log into root to change somthing is really anoying.

People in OS news forms talk about how BeOS does not have any killer apps. Show me the apps they say. The basic definition of a Killer app. Somthing that acomplishes a chore quickly so you can move on with your life. The definition of each word provides a context to
the above statement:

Killer: Having impressive or effective power or impact
app: A computer application.

any software you use to do what you need to do quickly, is defined
as a killer app.

Rajan because i know your standard reply to everything I post in here Im a zealot a fanatically commited person dedicated to BeOS.