At the end of January this year, I wrote a rather harsh, but honest article on the state of SkyOS. I was very worried that the closed-source operating system, for which users have to pay in order to beta test it, would never reach a final version, something that was promised to the people paying the price. This feeling was strengthened by a lack of updates; we were five months without news, six months without a release, and 8 months without a changelog update. My article got the ball rolling, but now that we're five weeks down the road, is that ball still rolling?
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Member since:2007-04-04
I agree. The first article had a point and was a good call for answers. Now Robert is thinking them over it has only been a few weeks give him time. It's not an easy thing to just give up something you have worked on for years so easily. If he still hasn't done anything in lets say a year then we can say something. Right now it's still too fresh and it needs to be thought out not just say this is what we will do but think out what goes from there and how it will work. It's one thing to say it's another to do.
Member since:2006-07-14
Yes, but those who paid for beta access were promised a full release. Surely, he morally owes them at least an apology. "Hiatus" just seems like a way to say " I give up for the foreseeable future" without having to say it.
As remarkable as his effort has been, he's sort of burning the bridge he came in on. How many of the people that paid for access, will be willing to do it again for the next one man OS dev team? Speaking as one of them, I will not. I'd rather at this point donate something to Haiku, which seems like it has a greater chance of success and or continued usefulness.
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2006-02-15
He's already decided that it's on hiatus; hiatus doesn't come with a roadmap. Leave it alone.
It's a tough decision as to what to do with SkyOS but do try to stay strong and stick to whatever you decide 
I think the point is just that many commenters, including Thom, wish to see SkyOS going atleast some direction, any direction. No one has the right to demand anything from Robert, except perhaps those who have paid for the beta access. And even they don't really have the right to demand anything more than Robert to keep them updated on the situation a bit more often.
I personally think SkyOS would have a lot to offer if it got opened up. Who knows how quickly it would start getting drivers and all that, needed to get actual work done. But well, keeping it closed is just as fine if Robert can get his motivation up.
If Robert ever reads these comments then I hope I can cheer him up a little by sharing my opinion; he has already done tremendous job, getting an OS to such a state as SkyOS is by only himself is a really remarkable job