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Haiku: Long Live BeOS

Posted by gsh on · 2 comments
OSWeekly.com; By Brandon Watts
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If you were asked to name a few operating systems, the first ones that would fly forth from your lips would probably be Windows, OS X, and possibly even Linux, but unless you’re trying to impress someone with your knowledge of all things related to operating systems, that’s likely about as far as you would go.

There’s a wide selection of operating systems that have been released over the years, but due to popularity and exposure, the three aforementioned operating systems have risen to the top, and they’re usually what we think of when discussing operating systems.

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I remember playing with the BeOS Personal Edition image a little bit way back when and was fairly impressed. Multiple desktops with independent video settings... Talk about ideal for web development.

Hopefully the devs will be successful and get Haiku working fully at some point, hopefully with all those nifty features that made BeOS nice.
Considering the time that BeOS has been around, aand how far it's gotten (or rather not gotten), I 'm not holding my breath.

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