For the first time in its 7 years of existence, some decent statement has been released concering the legality of Zeta. Access, the current owner of Be, Inc.'s IP, states: "We have sent 'cease and desist' letters to YellowTab on a number of occasions, which have been uniformly ignored. If Herr Korz feels that he holds a legitimate license to the BeOS code he's been using, we're completely unaware of it, and I'd be fascinated to see him produce any substantiation for that claim." Update: Bernd Korz has replied on his blog.
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I think Haiku will include basic, yet powerfull applications in the future. Applications which most people need and use. Maybe something along the lines of OS X?
I see your point with people needing extra applications. I do as well, and I download them when I need them. You don't see Windows and OS X distributions, but they include a basic application base (OS X better than Windows here I must say). I don't see anyone requesting more pre-configuration and more apps bundled with these operating systems?
I think a better solution than distribution loaded with applications is a collaborative page like BeBits. A site "integrated" into the OS, which suggest applications, maybe some downloader system. But this is glass elevator talk.
The way is see distro-hell, is a lot of people working in different directions instead of working together. Distributions brings with it a lot of confusion, problems in support and so on.
What I'm trying to say, is that I suggest a better download service for applications for Haiku. BeBits is such a page. Unfortunately, it's not as great as it was some years ago. Links disappear. Thats the bad thing about a site that depends on external mirrors.
Edited 2007-04-04 23:29
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2005-12-31
PetterHJ wrote:
What I'm trying to say, is that with Haiku, I don't see the need for distros. I don't see the problem with downloading what I need myself.
Great PetterHJ. Then for you, just download standard Haiku OS & use that, because it'll be very basic (unbloated). How about everybody else out there? Do you think everyone will agree with this? Don't you think some people like to have lots of applications pre-installed (or at least the major ones)? Wouldn't Haiku attract more users with a *fully* loaded version?
If you want basic, then download & run standard Haiku - it'll do the job for you, but some won't be satisfied by basic Haiku & want stuff already installed and working for them.
Distros are bound to happen. It'll be like Linux all over again and people will have to decide if they want to use standard Haiku, Distro A, Distro B or Distro C. I personally don't see a problem with this. The name is the only issue for me. They *shouldn't* use Haiku in the distro name, because it'll confuse people. Imagine 300 distros of Linux all using the term "Linux" in the distro name. The "Linux" term is used to define the type of OS & Haiku should do the same.
I've downloaded & installed lots of stuff from Bebits & most of the links worked. But those that didn't I had to search on BeShare & Internet to find them. Also, I'm sure new users will appreciate having everything setup already & working for them.