OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20702/BeBits_Gets_New_Owner Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:59 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Wish http://osnews.com/thread?341826 http://osnews.com/thread?341826 Long life to BeBits! Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dmrio) Comments Round of applause. http://osnews.com/thread?341827 http://osnews.com/thread?341827 Please, join me for a round of applause for Sean, Greg, and not to forget, Marvin, the good old server!

Your work was instrumental in "keeping BeOS alive".
So long, and thanks for all the fish!

(Standing ovation) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BiPolar) Comments RE: Round of applause. http://osnews.com/thread?341828 http://osnews.com/thread?341828
and not to forget, Marvin, the good old server!

Would that happen to be Marvin with the terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side? Or Marvin the Martian? ;-) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments I hate to say it, I hate to say... http://osnews.com/thread?341830 http://osnews.com/thread?341830 but it's probably Berndt. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Buck) Comments RE: I hate to say it, I hate to say... http://osnews.com/thread?341831 http://osnews.com/thread?341831 Haha

I love BeBits. I've always wanted a BeBits for Linux, and am glad to see that GnomeFiles exists.

To the new owner, please don't change things TOO much ;) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ride01) Comments RE: Round of applause. http://osnews.com/thread?341833 http://osnews.com/thread?341833 I gladly join the ovation. Long life BeBits and many thanks to the founders ;) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (merkoth) Comments RE[2]: I hate to say it, I hate to say... http://osnews.com/thread?341834 http://osnews.com/thread?341834 hahah I love the statment, "I've always wanted a BeBits for Linux." as BeBits itself was a Freshmeat for BeOS ;) . Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (poundsmack) Comments RE: Round of applause. http://osnews.com/thread?341840 http://osnews.com/thread?341840 Yes. Thanks for the time and work that went into building and maintaining BeBits. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TQH !) Comments Long Live BeBits http://osnews.com/thread?341843 http://osnews.com/thread?341843 Glad to see that BeBits is being passed on, rather than fading away as many sites do. For those of us who still use BeOS occasionally, BeBits is a priceless resource. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bobthearch) Comments RE: I hate to say it, I hate to say... http://osnews.com/thread?341844 http://osnews.com/thread?341844
but it's probably Berndt.


That's pretty funny.

Now go wash your mouth out with soap. ;) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bobthearch) Comments To me, the most likely new owner... http://osnews.com/thread?341854 http://osnews.com/thread?341854 Would logically be Dane Scott of TuneTracker fame: AFAIK, TuneTracker, along with SoundPlay, are the most commercially-successful apps for the OS that have been in use and updated (GoBe Productive has almost certainly sold more copies, I'm sure SoundPlay has, but TuneTracker is still in active development as we type, and as long as hardware exists that can run it, it seems probable to remain that way) so as such, it seems like the one with the most financial vested interest to see that the community keeps BeBits up and functional is Dane Scott, if only to assure that BeOS/Haiku retains enough critical mass.

However, I could be wrong, and it could also very well be someone we all know that runs a certain BeOS chat server where BeShare is used ;) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JonathanBThompson) Comments I hope it doesnt http://osnews.com/thread?341866 http://osnews.com/thread?341866 Get turned over to the BeOS wannabes, Roberto Dohnert of PC/OS or ZevenOS's Lars. If it gets turned over to them, the sites done.

Long life to BeBits, heres hoping PC/OS and ZevenOS go to hell. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ChrisA) Comments RE: I hate to say it, I hate to say... http://osnews.com/thread?341873 http://osnews.com/thread?341873 Yep! And he is going to use it to launch his new Haiku fork, Zaiku! Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Valhalla) Comments RE: Wish http://osnews.com/thread?341876 http://osnews.com/thread?341876 Here! Here! Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Tuishimi) Comments RE: I hate to say it, I hate to say... http://osnews.com/thread?341887 http://osnews.com/thread?341887 Benrd T Korz didn't show on forums, BeGeistert, mailing-list or commits for 2 years now...

I think we can say that he is not part of the community anymore. Beside the benefic growing community effect that the Zeta project had, i assume to say that it's not a bad thing in the end (no personnal feeling against him anyhow) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (beosfrance) Comments RE: To me, the most likely new owner... http://osnews.com/thread?341888 http://osnews.com/thread?341888 I would give my voice to Karl from HaikuWare, or the BeFan guys with their new HCS label ("Haiku Community Support").
But yeah, Dane Scott would also be a good choise, beside the fact that i don't think he has time for that ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (beosfrance) Comments not likely http://osnews.com/thread?341899 http://osnews.com/thread?341899 Someone pushing a Linux-based "BeOS" is not likely to see much value in BeBits. 1: The software published on BeBits will not run on Linux. 2: Popular Linux distros use a package manager of some kind. I think that is where you're supposed to look first, for additional software, rather than visiting a product-specific website or a software catalogue (like BeBits).

I find it unlikely that someone would find value in changing BeBits' focus from BeOS/Zeta/Haiku to something else. The only non-BeOS synergy I can think of would be adding Syllable as a supported platform, but this too is unlikely. I don't think they'd be interested and they are clearly capable of creating their own infrastructure.Edited 2008-12-30 14:42 UTC Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jonas.kirilla) Comments new owner? http://osnews.com/thread?341906 http://osnews.com/thread?341906 first thing they should do is change the headlines. I get

Zeta RC1 Available for Purchase
Microsoft pays Be $23.25M settlement in anti-trust case
A New Version of BeOS Is Very Near Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments RE: new owner? http://osnews.com/thread?341909 http://osnews.com/thread?341909 Those news headlines are fed in off a number of sites, including here - and in the case of those three antiques, BeFAQS.com. Which is gone, so I suspect they've cached the last few headlines... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MYOB) Comments