"As of today Magnussoft has started shipping the first Zeta 1.5 cd's to their customers. Although 1.5 is almost a month delayed the developers did add lot's of features in the last phase of development. These include an Abiword port, drivers for PCL6 and Radeon, and others. With 1.5 being shipped, Magnussoft also introduces 'MZSP' or Magnussoft Zeta Service Packs. MZSP's will be freely available in the future as downloads. To install MZSP's you will need to have your Zeta version activated, and they will only install on the most recent version. Alongside the MZSP's there is also an update application planned so you can keep your system up to date automatically."
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Member since:2005-07-06
that's understandable. but my main concern is that I'd spend so much money and then the os will disappear...
I know that if I install windows or mac os x, which both cost something near zeta's price, at least I know microsoft and apple aren't going anywhere (i.e. they wont go out of business), and I know at least a few people who run os x and more people who run windows so if something weird happens I can call them.
Even with free (as in beer) OSes like linux (any distro) or bsd (any flavor) I know I can find some other geeks that would be able to help me out if something goes wrong and I have a secure feeling (not secure as in encryption) that at least linux and bsd are not going to disappear (regardless of what netcraft says about bsd ha!)
Now I'm not trying to say one OS is better than another... don't get me wrong... I'm just not sure what I would gain from spending so much on zeta when there are both proprietary and free/oss alternatives that cost less and/or are more popular?
Member since:2006-01-09
The OS is a pleasure to use. BUT our tons of apps is 50 of the same thing, like image viewers. There are a few choice apps like Wonderbrush. Also, the query system is also available on other OSes, such as OSX now. With better indexing and search and organisation abilities (see apps like DevonThink & yep). BeOS lost it's edge. It's getting stagnant and duller by the day. ZETA won't save it. ZETA is IMHO adding no value to what R5 does- yeah I said it. Haiku is a great attempt, but it's in the hobbyist zone still.
And yeah, I used BeOS & ZETA. I'm one of the old-timers. Still a beta tester, too. I just need to get around to partsing off my BeOS collection now...
Member since:2005-09-03
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2005-07-06
I guess the best answer is this: Its just a pleasant OS to use. It has tons of apps, the UI is clean and consistent and the community is really first rate.
Take for example, playing MP3s. Take your file, double click it and it will just play. No hassles, no fuss.
The filesystem is very fast and the queries are a cool feature. Let's say you have a collection of MP3s and you want to find those by Billy Idol. You can search and have the result then when you add a new Billy Idol MP3 it is added to your query.