I doubt very much that I would be saying that. Your just making assumptions and an argumentative statement it is not.
BeOS programs can be made using C++ and to some extent Java, BeOS needed better APIs.
MacOS Toolbox, although proprietary are well documented and extensive in comparison.
Mac OS X development gives you a choice of C++ i.e. Metrowerks (Carbon), Objective C (Cocoa) or Java (J2SE).
Many people and companies developing for OSX (Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft...you get the idea) will be saying Objective-C for some time to come. Objective-C also allows for rapid porting of software. X86 Quake2 was ported to OSX Server in a week by OmniGroup. NextStep and MacOS will live on as OSX with lots of software to come.
http://www.apple.com/iservices/technicaltraining/c ocoadev.html
BeOS is a fine OS in it's current and last iteration.
MacOS X is a substantial change over from NextSep. The current version runs well but needs optimization in several areas. As far as being an advanced OS, OS X compares very well to BeOS, and will have more apps by then end of this year than BeOS has had for it's whole lifetime.
BeOS could have done a better OSX than NextStep, but for this blame JLG's greed and arrogance.
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I doubt very much that I would be saying that. Your just making assumptions and an argumentative statement it is not. BeOS programs can be made using C++ and to some extent Java, BeOS needed better APIs. MacOS Toolbox, although proprietary are well documented and extensive in comparison. Mac OS X development gives you a choice of C++ i.e. Metrowerks (Carbon), Objective C (Cocoa) or Java (J2SE). Many people and companies developing for OSX (Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft...you get the idea) will be saying Objective-C for some time to come. Objective-C also allows for rapid porting of software. X86 Quake2 was ported to OSX Server in a week by OmniGroup. NextStep and MacOS will live on as OSX with lots of software to come. http://www.apple.com/iservices/technicaltraining/c ocoadev.html
BeOS is a fine OS in it's current and last iteration. MacOS X is a substantial change over from NextSep. The current version runs well but needs optimization in several areas. As far as being an advanced OS, OS X compares very well to BeOS, and will have more apps by then end of this year than BeOS has had for it's whole lifetime. BeOS could have done a better OSX than NextStep, but for this blame JLG's greed and arrogance.