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OpenBeos Is Now Haiku

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-line-needs-two-syllables dept.

teamhasnoi writes "Today at WalterCon the new name of OpenBeos has been released - Haiku! More info at the BeOS Journal. BeGroovy is reporting that Java is running on Haiku as well! All in all, a very good day for a BeOS (now Haiku) fan!"

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  1. Nice Name by Professor+Cool+Linux · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Disclaimer: this is my opinion & you don't have to agree with it. But please respect it as i do yours.

    Haiku is a very nice name for 2 reasons:
    1. It flows well
    2. is stands for a light weight form of poetry

    Light weight & flowing poetry are great things to associate w/ an OS in my opinion.

  2. For the people who want to see the new logo... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Informative

    I made a wallpaper awhile back with the new logo. You can get it here. It's blatantly similar to the new website. :)

  3. Great name. by sethadam1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    BeOS and Naiku have a history. If you used BeOS back in the day, you'll remember that there were several hundred Haikus, some about BeOS, many about JLG himself, that were messages within the OS itself.

    Here is a ton of them
    and here is more info.

    First three to respond to this (with e-mail addresses!) get gmail invites (if they want).

  4. Haiku by Deltawolf · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Haiku is a nice name, gives it a poetic feel. Next thing we know the login message on an OpenBeOS shell will be one.

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    -Rights? What rights?
  5. haiku for Haiku by hexfortyfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    An ancient system
    Reborn with Japanese name
    It will continue

  6. Where's the code? by Fished · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Looking at OpenBeos' website, I can't find anything to download. What's the point of a new name with no code? Am I missing something?

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    "He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere. " -- John Calvin, commenting on Genesis 1
    1. Re:Where's the code? by Tezkah · · Score: 2, Informative

      R1 come quite soon
      New name, to prevent the theft
      of Palm's bought IP

      In other words, a .BFS i386 install disc is coming soon, (I asked the OpenBeOS IRC people, and they kinda looked at me funny when I asked for any isos, since BeOS doesn't support that), but R1 will support i386 only, then R2 will hopefully support more architectures. I'm not with the Haiku people, so YMMV.

      Palm bought out Be's IP, so the name "BeOS" belongs to them, hence the need to switch to "Haiku".

      Its actually a pretty nice name.

    2. Re:Where's the code? by masukomi · · Score: 4, Informative

      On sourceforge of course OpenBeOS / Haiku's sourceforge project. There's plenty of it.

      There's no install disk yet though.

  7. Haiku's for Haiku by miyako · · Score: 4, Funny

    I cannot think of
    a very good comment now
    do not mod me down

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    Famous Last Words: "hmm...wikipedia says it's edible"
  8. Please die... by andy55 · · Score: 4, Funny


    Many years have passed,
    Developers, go elsewhere.
    Please die, BeOS, die.

    --
    G-Force music visualization
  9. Oh My. by sethadam1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Separately, I'm amazed that people still do dev work for BeOS. By that, I mean, of all the open source projects to spend time on, why choose this one?! It seems there's a lot of open source projects that offer the world more value than BeOS does.

    You obviously aren't a developer. Most FLOSS developers are unpaid volunteers (most, not all). That means they do what interests them. Hey, if you're going to paint your house, why not paint mine - it needs it more. That philosophy makes no sense, right?

    BeOS developers do it because they love it. It's an excellent environment, and it's easy to write for. There's tons of great software waiting to be ported over. It's faster, by shitloads, than Linux (actually, it feels faster, but that's another story).

    The point is, whjy should a developer work on something other than what interests them, and who are you to decide what value their code offers?

    90% of the time I let my mod points expire, but today I wish I had some to mod you down.

    1. Re:Oh My. by lythotype · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "...to develop something like BeOS seems like building a ship in your basement--you know it'll never see the "real" high seas."

      The same thing could have been said about the development of Linux at one stage or another. Remember, just as Haiku is now, Linux once was also.