Haiku OS Resurrects BeOS as Open Source

Technical Writing Geek writes "The Haiku project, which began shortly after the death of BeOS in 2001, aims to bring together the technical advantages of BeOS and the freedom of open source. 'The project has drawn dozens of contributors who have written over seven million lines of code. Although Haiku is nearly feature-complete, there are still numerous bugs that must be fixed before it is ready for day-to-day use. The design principles behind Haiku are very closely aligned with those of BeOS. The central goal of the Haiku project is to create an operating system that is ideally suited for use on the desktop--this differs significantly from Linux and other open-source operating systems which are intended for use in a diverse range of settings including server and embedded environments.'"

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lthough Haiku is nearly feature-complete, there are still numerous bugs that must be fixed before it is ready for day-to-day use. Kinda reminds me of ... um ... the BeOS. Wasn't that the major problem with the OS in the first place. Talk about a clone...sounds like it's a clone to me. I'd die laughing if the "numerous bugs" were mostly in the network stack. Tee_hee...makes me giggle just thinking about it.

Actually though, I really loved the BeOS. I had r4-r5_bone and I was really rooting for them. But alas, the "internet appliance" market's call was too strong for good ole Jean-Louis Gassée...you silly frenchman.

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