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Before I was a Linux user...

Story: Old Operating Systems Don’t Die…Total Replies: 2
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caitlyn

Sep 17, 2009
5:23 PM EDT 		Before I was a Linux user, and way before I was a Linux professional, I was an OS/2 user. It was light years ahead of the Windows offerings of the day. If it weren't for the steep price tag and the limited availability of applications I might just be interested in eCommStation.

I never did get into BeOS. If Haiku has adequate hardware support it might be interesting to try it out.
Steven_Rosenber

Sep 17, 2009
10:21 PM EDT 		I've seen Haiku at their SCALE booth, and while it looks good, I'm not hopeful that they'll ever get enough developers interested in working on it to make it work.

That said, I think it's HUGELY important for there to be more OS alternatives out there, especially ones that aren't Unix based so we have some variety.
caitlyn

Sep 17, 2009
10:39 PM EDT 		I followed the link through from the article and learned that Haiku has no WiFi stack. No WiFi; no interest by me.

I certainly hope you're wrong about their ability to attract developers but I fear you are probably right.

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