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Originally Posted by jwoods I actually used BeOS as my main OS for quite a while. I actually thought it was going to be the "one", as far as OS's go. I think everyone knew the writing was on the wall by the time version 5 hit the streets.
The BeOS was fast, and was amazing at multi-tasking. It didn't hurt that the OS booted up and was running in about 20 seconds. I still don't think much around now can touch it as far as multi-tasking goes. It was impressive then, and in that regard is still light years ahead of windows.
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Every time someone mentions BeOS I get nostalgic and sad about how it all turned out for Be. They had a great operating system with some great potential. Of course, thanks to Microsoft, they didn't have a chance. Of course, Be wasn't a total saint. They thought they had Apple in the Palm (
) of their hands. And then the NeXT Big Thing happened for Apple, which meant Be was left out in the cold.
After that happened along with Microsoft thwarting their efforts on the PC side, the decisions just got worse and worse. Seeing BeOS turned into BeIA and running on a Sony eVilla was the most humiliating thing to see for such a powerful operating system with TONS of potential for multimedia and whatnot. Such is life, I guess...
Anyways, lots of the technologies that BeOS employed eventually made their way into Mac OS X and Windows as well. Linux also took advantage of a lot of the features BeOS had. I would still love to see the GUI from the BeOS implemented properly in either GNOME or KDE. YellowTab's Zeta is nice, but I don't see it going anywhere to be honest. On the PC side, Linux has the most potential in an open source operating system and with a nice BeOS look within either KDE or GNOME, it would be a great complement for me anyways.
Sorry for deviating from the topic a bit, but I had to respond......I guess just don't mention BeOS again and I'll shut up.
As for the licensing, I think it would be a shame if Apple didn't eventually supply a retail install of OS X for Intel. They would have to eventually, but who knows what is actually under Job's sleeves on that one.