Linked by Kroc Camen on Mon 21st Sep 2009 21:40 UTC, submitted by rhyder
Drobe.co.uk, the premier RISC OS news website, today announced that it has entered archive mode and will no longer function as a news reporting source. The site was founded by Peter Price in 1999 and editorship was taken over by journalist Chris Williams in 2001.
Chris first broke the sad news on Monday morning via usenet:
"Drobe's RISC OS news service, which launched in October 1999, will sadly cease from Monday. Running the site has been so much fun over the years and the experience has been very rewarding - from the investigative pieces and tabloid tomfoolery to the libel writ threats and meeting up with users after shows. However, all good things must come to an end - if you'll forgive the cliche - and it's time to formally move on."
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Member since:2009-05-20
I believe we are already there. Most alternative OS are barely alive or just good memories. We live in a world where the desktop PC runs Windows, Mac OS X or some flavor of Linux.
If these would be all we got, it would be sad indeed.
Luckily, many "alternative" OSes are doing quite fine.
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2005-07-06
I believe we are already there. Most alternative OS are barely alive or just good memories. We live in a world where the desktop PC runs Windows, Mac OS X or some flavor of Linux.
BeOS is gone, Haiku still have some works to be done before we get a real release, but even then, it's not going to become a major player.
AmigaOS is well, almost dead, since people can use it on limited hardware (costly) or older upgraded to PPC Amiga. Same with MorphOS.
And the list could go on. But if some are alive, it's as niche player or nostalgic users still holding on to the good life.
It's sad really. I miss that time where Windows was not yet the winning standard. The fun I had using OS/2... And TOS on my Atari 1040ST...