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History and Perspective on BeOS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-not-to-do dept.

prepp writes "Avid BeOS user Robert Renling posts his first article about the Be Operating System." An interesting little article, with the amusing conclusion that BeOS isn't dead after all! Ah Zealots. Aren't we fun?

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  1. BeOS by joyoflinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    BeOS may not be dead, but everyone tells me BSD is ;-)

    1. Re:BeOS by flikx · · Score: 3, Funny

      You don't have to be a Kreskin to know that BeOS is dying...

      Aw screw it. It's hardly even worth it anymore. :)

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      One future, two choices. Oppose them or let them destroy us.
  2. I know it hurts... by thammoud · · Score: 4, Funny

    but please let go!! Don't repeat the same mistake I made with Amiga and OS/2

    1. Re:I know it hurts... by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

      but please let go!! Don't repeat the same mistake I made with Amiga and OS/2

      With a record like that, can I ask you a favor? ....

      Please start running Windows. Thanks for your consideration.

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      Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  3. mm by Pros_n_Cons · · Score: 4, Funny

    okay maybe its not dead, but its sure starting to smell funny.

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    -- "of course thats just my opinion, I could be wrong." --Dennis Miller
  4. Why Be Failed by scott1853 · · Score: 4, Funny

    noticeable speed when usng the find queries..

    Apparently it's missing a spell checker.

  5. mmm... troll food by Theodore+Logan · · Score: 2, Funny

    with the amusing conclusion that BeOS isn't dead after all!

    Not dead, but probably dying. And a couple of hundred trolls are willing to prove it to you. In related news, Natalie Portman was recently found to naked and petrified pour hot grits down the pants of a beowolf cluster.

    This is probably a good time to check the "No Score +1 Bonus" button.

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    "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok

  6. Dead? by amdg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
    (The owner does not respond.)
    C: 'Ello, Miss?
    Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
    C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
    O: We're closin' for lunch.
    C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this OS what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
    O: Oh yes, the, uh, the BeOS...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
    C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
    O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
    C: Look, matey, I know a dead OS when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
    O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable OS, the BeOS, idn'it, ay? Beautiful GUI!
    C: The GUI don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
    O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!