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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 for Haiku by hexfortyfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    An ancient system
    Reborn with Japanese name
    It will continue

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

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

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


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

    --
    G-Force music visualization