Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 2nd Sep 2007 18:43 UTC
Two interesting bits of news from the Haiku front. First, Haiku now has basic support for FireWire, thanks to GSOC student JiSheng Zhang. You cannot connect a FireWire hard drive just yet, though. Second, Russian BeOS hacker Troeglazov Gerasim has ported Samba 3.10 to Haiku, so you can now browse your Windows shares in Haiku, as well as share files through Samba in Haiku. IsComputerOn has the details, as well as some screenshots.
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RE: FW is my fav in this one
by Ithamar on Sun 2nd Sep 2007 22:37
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Member since:2006-03-20
Well, USB has taken over FW only for non-video things basicly. FW is still very much "there" for high-end video related devices. Since Haiku aims to be a BeOS replacement, which was always good in esp. the audio/video market, FW is an absolute must-have for also becoming a serious contender in that area.
However, for normal desktop usage, I agree USB has gone where FW was intended to go 
RE[2]: FW is my fav in this one
by rain on Mon 3rd Sep 2007 12:42
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Member since:2005-07-09
FW is still very much "there" for high-end video related devices
Don't forget that most external audio interfaces out there use firewire as well as many external HDDs.
But it's true that for normal desktop usage there's not much need for firewire.
Edited 2007-09-03 12:43
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All good news obviously, however as far I'm concerned. If FW is in place, it's great, that means wider support for a lot of devices and USB has overtaken the standard so one could say that with this, FW is a completed step that doesn't really has to be looked back at.
Very good job all though and a special thank you to the one bringing the actual "report" about it.