Beta Release Nears For BeOS-inspired Open Source OS Haiku (computerworld.com.au)

angry tapir writes: Just over 17 years since the project launched, and more than 18 years since the last release of the operating system that inspired it, the open source Haiku OS is nearing a beta release.

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Really? Ex BeOS fan, here.

[blind biker]

I loved BeOS. Fuck it, I still love it - still the ONLY OS that completely prioritizes the user. When you interact with the OS you can feel it actually listens to you. None of that "wait, I got a huge file to copy, but I'll be with you in a few seconds". No, BeOS has interaction with the user as it's highest priority. AFAIK it is a near-real time OS, which helps with media processing and replay. Also, extremely low latencies, useful for MIDI sequencers and softsynths.

But I wasn't really happy with what Haiku-OS was doing. The team was working not to create the main working skeleton of BeOS, but rather some ancillary projects like package management. BeOS did not have a package manager. Sure, that's not nice but all I wanted is to at least get to the point of readiness of BeOS, not shoot for the moon.

And because of decisions like that, after 17 years we're only at a Beta stage. Sad.