So, the BeOS is never going to be popular since it isn't free? If your software is competitive enough on the marked into which it's aimed people won't mind paying for it. So, what market(s) is Linux aimed into and what competitive features does it have on that/those market(s)? On the workstation/desktop side Linux has absolutely NOTHING! On the server side Linux has stability, but so do others. If it wasn't free it simply wouldn't have been used for those purposes. Btw, BeOS updates are mostly free for people who once bought it!/Adde
You really think that what o'l grandpa want's is a highly configurable, theme-able, cool-as-hell desktop with wharfs, minimized applications and stuff all over the place? Not to mention that it's (X and all of it's window-managers/desktops) slow-as-hell, buggy and alltogether non-standardized.
Easy to learn and use!? You just go ahead and name one, one single feature/program in Linux that isn't hell-on-earth to configure and use. Linux on the desktop, yeah sure! For hardcore linux-fanatics (such as yourself, i'm sure) maybe.
Windows is (really!) a better choice in this situation. Mac OS would be even better. Best of all (of what i've seen) would be the BeOS (www.be.com). Why don't you check it out? You might even learn a thing or two!
The next generation interface you speak so highly of isn't a new invention unique to this company. It's been talked about since the first episodes of Star Trek. And new sollutions are currently being developed for several platforms.
Sounds like you want a highly standardized, easy-to-use, zero support enviroment, right? Why don't you consider BeOS (www.be.com). It has all the features you mentioned, it's really really really easy to use, it runs like a dream, even on an older pentium and above all, it's stable.
*Installing Windows would mean that you'd have to do a reinstall about every 6 months.
*Linux is, well, not very well suited for normal beginners desktop-use.
If any of you ever tried the BeOS GUI API, we wouldn't even have this discussion. Superior compact, well-designed C++ framework with hooks being handled in pure C++ by overriding virtual functions. It simply ROCKS! BTW, i totally agree with the author in the MFC-issue, it's not even worth considering when looking for a descent GUI API.
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So, the BeOS is never going to be popular since it isn't free? If your software is competitive enough on the marked into which it's aimed people won't mind paying for it. So, what market(s) is Linux aimed into and what competitive features does it have on that/those market(s)? On the workstation/desktop side Linux has absolutely NOTHING! On the server side Linux has stability, but so do others. If it wasn't free it simply wouldn't have been used for those purposes. Btw, BeOS updates are mostly free for people who once bought it! /Adde
Speaking of pathetic...
You really think that what o'l grandpa want's is a highly configurable, theme-able, cool-as-hell desktop with wharfs, minimized applications and stuff all over the place?
Not to mention that it's (X and all of it's window-managers/desktops) slow-as-hell, buggy and alltogether non-standardized.
Easy to learn and use!? You just go ahead and name one, one single feature/program in Linux that isn't hell-on-earth to configure and use.
Linux on the desktop, yeah sure! For hardcore linux-fanatics (such as yourself, i'm sure) maybe.
Windows is (really!) a better choice in this situation. Mac OS would be even better. Best of all (of what i've seen) would be the BeOS (www.be.com).
Why don't you check it out? You might even learn a thing or two!
The next generation interface you speak so highly of isn't a new invention unique to this company.
It's been talked about since the first episodes of Star Trek. And new sollutions are currently being developed for several platforms.
Sounds like you want a highly standardized, easy-to-use, zero support enviroment, right?
Why don't you consider BeOS (www.be.com). It has all the features you mentioned, it's really really really easy to use, it runs like a dream, even on an older pentium and above all, it's stable.
*Installing Windows would mean that you'd have to do a reinstall about every 6 months.
*Linux is, well, not very well suited for normal beginners desktop-use.
Well, what can i say?
BeOS is everything you mentioned and lots more!
Multithreaded C++ GUI API with compact well-designed framework.
Why don't you check out BeOS. Clean, slick user interface that totally whips window$ ass.
Ah, and it's API is PPP (Pure Pleasure Programming) to!
Well, get one then. Only running BeOS makes it well worth whatever you'll have to pay ;)
Coding in BeOS is pure pleasure.
If any of you ever tried the BeOS GUI API, we wouldn't even have this discussion.
Superior compact, well-designed C++ framework with hooks being handled in pure C++ by overriding virtual functions. It simply ROCKS!
BTW, i totally agree with the author in the MFC-issue, it's not even worth considering when looking for a descent GUI API.