SkyOS has received a few updates. First, the new theme engine makes it possible to completely theme SkyOS, without having to write even a single line of code. Furthermore, with only minor changes, WindowBlinds and MS Visual Style (WindowsXP or Vista) themes can be converted to the SkyOS theme format. Additionally, the Viewer (file browsing application) has a new feature called 'NavigationView', which makes it possible to possible to navigate to your devices and manage files easier and faster.
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Please review your comment and replace SkyOS with your OS or application of choice and reread.
When is anything ever finished? If Microsoft was finished with windows, they wouldn't have invested millions into windows update, if apple was finished with the iPhone why did they just release the 1.1.1 Firmware? Hell they just put out Leopard and its in the same state as it was in beta. When is a product final? When they ship it? when the stop supporting it? Does it really matter? Each piece of software has its own development style.
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I quite agree, this does seem somewhat like that ever elusive e17 (at least I see their website is running). Personally I think the SkyOS development should have either gone open source, or sought funding to hire a larger R&D staff to actually put out what they wish to put out; a commercial product. Sadly I fear that this may just end up going the BeOS route.
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Well, this depends how you define a release. SkyOS Builds are released every few months and development (alpha) builds are released every few weeks. There will be nothing like a SkyOS v1.0, just a steady flow of builds, with roadmaps defining the coverage of each build.
There will also be a change in the release naming scheme and roadmap definition, which will be announced soon.
>>>>When is anything ever finished?
>>Isn't TeX finished ?
Well, an OS will definitely never be finished. If it is finished, this just can mean that development has stalled and the project is dead.
Edited 2007-11-01 11:47
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Will there ever be a real release of skyos? It seems to follow the general development model of e17, that being continuous modification without a final product.