Bernd Korz has announced that he will cease all development on Zeta [German], which effectively means Zeta will no longer be in development. Korz already wanted to quit development on Zeta when YellowTAB went belly up, but the numerous requests from customers to continue development eventually dragged him across the line. However, after the spat with Magnussoft, enough is enough for Korz. He states that he is not sure if and when the service pack to Zeta 1.5 will be released. He also states that he is not sure if and when he will open source or give to Haiku his contributions to Zeta. He explicitely states nor yT, nor Magnussoft own the source code to his work. My take: While I can understand Bernd, I am also sad to see this happen. For the little money and manpower Bernd had at his disposal, he did a magnificent job in making Zeta a usable operating system. I already knew this was about to happen, but a sad day it remains for Zeta users.
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Member since:2007-03-12
Finally the community can start to heal from the years of splintering.
I note that any comment that is sceptical of Bernd Korz and Zeta is fiercely modded down. For some reason, some people seem to equate scepticism with bursting the BeOS bubble. This is fanboi delusion, not the critical and market aware approach the real world needs if something is to move from aspirations to delivery.
I'm glad Bernd Korz and Zeta are on the ropes, and remain sceptical of any peace offering. Simply, I see it as a buy off and possible route to worm back into play when Haiku starts motoring. I can imagine the "based on Zeta" stunt Bernd Korz could pull if the mood took him.
Haiku is the future, and the basic organisation of the project, sound design, and overall mature approach is a good basis for attracting finance, corporate support, and market share. While the future is always uncertain I'm confident Haiku R1 and beyond will mark a new beginning.
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2005-08-26
"Bernd performed a good job"
A good job at what, exactly?
Running companies and investors into the ground while managing to keep his own shirt, insulated from liability? Yes. He was good at that.
Courting developers and fostering a developer-friendly environment? Uh, NO.
Working collaboratively with FOSS entities to get legal access to source code and the backing of existing developers for porting code to Zeta? Hell NO.
Raping the goodwill of the BeOS community with used-car-salesman tactics? Oh heck yeah.
Finally the community can start to heal from the years of splintering. The only viable option (and many of us have been saying this for years) is Haiku. I just hope everyone learns a lesson from the Amiga camp and let's this go. There is no business opportunity for the (LONG) dead BeOS / Zeta code.