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BeOS Ready for a Comeback as Zeta OS
Anil Kandangath writes "BeOS, the operating system that could have been the foundation for Mac OS X, but almost died, instead has returned as Zeta OS -- which is supposed to be fast, stable, media centric and boot within 15 seconds. Zeta is being released by yellowTAB of Germany and has applications such as an office suite and the Firefox browser bundled with it. Most BeOS applications will also run as-is. Screenshots are available." According to the NewsForge story linked there, the release could be as soon as next month.
Shouldn't that be ZomBe OS?
Starsucks
To BeOS, or not to BeOS: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
"The newly born animals are then whisked off for a quick run through a giant baking oven." --heard on Food Network
This looks like a copy of OS X that's been brainwashed by pre-XP Windows. Or maybe just fell into a bad crowd.
Zeta OS? Now what are they going to call the next version? It's like Apple calling their OS, OS Infinity.
Apparently you were never in grade school. The next version would be "Infinity plus one and no returns."
Plus, after Zeta, there are still eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, and omega.
Hmm, they seem to be using a fair bit of GNU in there. Better make it GNU/Zeta.
Or, if it's meant for novices, GNU/Be.
Cogito, ergo sig.
It took me a second to get the subtle GNU/Ance of this post.