FreeLists / openbeosnetteam / [openbeosnetteam] Re: ftp/wget/telnet/...

[Waldemar Kornewald <wkornew@xxxxxxx>]

Axel Dörfler wrote:
> Waldemar Kornewald <wkornew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'd also like to see telnetd, the daemon, being kept. It has its 
> > > uses
> > > too, oddly enough.
> > Here, I have to disagree. :)
> > * Haiku is not a server OS
>
> The only thing you're not having in mind is our target audience for R1, 
> I guess - Haiku just won't be the dumb GUI user only OS. This is a 
> niche OS for the time being, probably even forever (even if that niche 
> is hopefully getting bigger with time). Our R1 user base will be 
> technically advanced, we can as well adapt to this fact by delivering 
> those tools you'd expect to be there.

You wouldn't use Win98 for a server, either, would you? Haiku R1 will 
not be a secure OS and thus should not come with server apps, so people 
don't get the wrong impression.

I'm not forgetting our target audience for R1, but later it will be very 
difficult to change something in the OS. People will expect it to be 
there and shout very loudly if some daemon is missing (or replaced) in 
R2. We should take the chance and show what we're heading at.

Bye,
Waldemar