Linked by John Munsch on Mon 30th Dec 2002 19:05 UTC
Why do it? I am asked this question more often than I expected, even by existing Linux users who I expected to know as well as I the reasons for building a next-generation desktop Linux for the home user. So here are some of my reasons for thinking that we must spend the effort to create a better desktop on Linux than any existing version now has. Editor's Note: Due to a technical glitch, the first segment of this article was ommitted for some readers. If you missed the "why" section, before, you can read it now.
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This is a huge rock in the middle of Australia, hide under there.
BEOS IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get it. It is dead, gone, finished, un-recoverable. It is about time people stopped flogging a dead horse. If you turned around and said that QNX RTP has a future, then atleast I could see some positive/optimistic truths in the statements, as it has all the qualities for a winning OS.
No, I am not a BeOS basher. I bought 4.0 when it was first released, then bought 5.0 Professional when it was released. Unlike you, I have seen the result. All I can say is that I threw $400 in total to a company that was poorly managed, and a lack of any technological arguments to why the baby should be thrown out with the bath water.
Had they started with a BSD/OS base (from Windriver), and then built a GUI ontop, then, IMHO, they would have had a more sucessful time converting people over.