Can BeOs Live On As Open Source?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 23, 2001 @09:53AM from the was-a-be-now-a-half-a-be dept.

OSBlue writes: "After Palm announced the buyout of Be, Inc.'s intellectual property & Technology and after some consequent indications from several key people that Palm has no interest at Be's products and especially in BeOS, a number of the BeOS believers tried to find a new home. Some found comfort in AtheOS, others joined BeUnited's effort to license the BeOS source code, while some developers formed efforts like BlueOS and OpenBeOS. OpenBeOS consists from a number of BeOS developers who are trying to recreate the BeOS Kits in a form of a new, complete and open source Operating System that has source and if possible binary compatibility with BeOS 5. One of the most important people in this effort, Michael Phipps, is interviewed by OSNews.

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Why not contribute to GNOME/KDE? by reaper20 · 2001-10-23 10:02 · Score: 2, Troll

I wonder what kind of stuff some of the old Be guys could contribute to GNOME/KDE.

Don't get me wrong, I like the BeOS, but with Linux starting to make headway and gaining momentum, it would be awesome for these guys to jump in.

For me, some of BeOS's goodness in KDE3 would make me drool, all technical issues asside.