Re: The Internet that could have been...
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Wed Apr 03 2024 03:00 pm
PF> Apple goes for Be instead of Next
I heard about BeOS in the late 90s, and I thought it was really interesting. Aft
er Apple chose not to acquire them, they ported BeOS to x86-compatible PCs. In 1
998 or 1999, I bought a copy of BeOS 4.5 and installed it on a secondary PC I ha
d. I thought it was really nice - It was very fast and responsive, and I think
the GUI looked very nice too. I would have really liked to see BeOS capture the
market from Microsoft Windows, but by then I knew it was already too late for s
omething like that.
I think it's interesting that the Haiku project has now re-created BeOS as an op
en-source project. I've seen people posting about Haiku being more and more mat
ure now, and I've seen some people say they're using it for their daily OS now.
Nightfox
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