Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Jan 2013 10:33 UTC, submitted by Straylight
Ars 'reviews' Haiku, and concludes that "at the end of the day, Haiku may not be much more than an interesting diversion, something to play with on a spare bit of hardware on a rainy afternoon just for a bit of fun. But even if it amounts to no more than that, Haiku is still worth checking out." The article is a bit scant on content, but it does give me the opportunity to link to my review of Haiku alpha 1 from 3 years ago. I try Haiku every now and then to see if that review needs an update, but it always amounts to 'it got a bit more stable' - which is fantastic, but not a reason to redo it.
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RE[3]: PowerPC Support
by henderson101 on Fri 11th Jan 2013 13:00
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More: I guess it's safe to say that the focus Be had on the niche PPC platform ...greatly contributed to the downfall of BeOS, it was what killed that OS the first time around - when BeOS was finally ported to x86, it was basically too late.
Yes and no. The BeBox, had it succeeded, would have been a very nice platform. The hardware was lovely at the time. The standard ISA and PCI BUS was fantastic, it could use standard 72pin RAM, almost any graphics card that had a driver - PC or Mac... these things were great. PowerPC as a platform was also a good bet at the time. The real mistake was porting to Intel in the first place, because it ate up all of the available resources. The PC is a hungry beast and the Intel port was a never ending cycle of hardware issues and driver revision. Would we be here discussing BeOS, or even Haiku, had they not? Probably not. Make of that what you will. But the only hardware I still own that runs BeOS is PowerPC.
Directing efforts at new PPC port would be largely a repeat of past mistakes.
No, untrue. I think you missed my point - PowerPC Mac's are a dead end. If there was a viable PowerPC platform still in production, I'd be all for a PowerPC port. This is why the ARM port is so important.
Member since:2005-07-06
The BeBox, had it succeeded, would have been a very nice platform. The hardware was lovely at the time. The standard ISA and PCI BUS was fantastic, it could use standard 72pin RAM, almost any graphics card that had a driver - PC or Mac... these things were great
So BeBox was just like a PC ...except using weird CPUs?
(could it be that my dual Pentium II 266 is a better BeBox than BeBox? 
) And while PowerPC perhaps seemed like a good bet at the time, we now know it really wasn't one... Pentium and Pentium Pro were probably good hints of things to come, potential viability of other platforms.
Apple CEO at the time thinks it was "probably one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made, not going to the Intel platform," ( http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=7045 ) and instead opting for PPC.
At least ARM seems really viable now ...oh well, we'll wait and see.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 17:26 UTC
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
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More: I guess it's safe to say that the focus Be had on the niche PPC platform ...greatly contributed to the downfall of BeOS, it was what killed that OS the first time around - when BeOS was finally ported to x86, it was basically too late.
Directing efforts at new PPC port would be largely a repeat of past mistakes.