Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Jan 2007 23:40 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"As World+Dog gets its head around Windows Vista, lets look back at an operating system that might have been a contender, very nearly becoming Apple's next-generation OS and, but for Linux, almost certainly the key alternative to Windows on x86. Ladies and gentlemen, who remembers BeOS?"
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RE[2]: I was never that impressed with BeOS
by helf on Wed 31st Jan 2007 17:20
in reply to "RE: I was never that impressed with BeOS"
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"Even the professional version required Windows to install..."
I think this had Sooooo much to do with Windows liscencing issues. I don't think it had ANYTHING to do with being unable to install without a boot floppy :o)