[haiku-development] Re: What's the status of Haiku?

  • From: Ari Haviv <arielbhaviv@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:59:16 -0400

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Sia Lang <silverlanguage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Augustin Cavalier <waddlesplash@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>  [...] And so we won't be totally obsolete.
>>
>
> Fair points, but only if you get something out the door. Being almost
> ready for a decade doesn't bode well.
>
> And considering the amount of off-list mail I've received the last couple
> of days, I can at least assert that a fair number of people fear the
> obsolescence of Haiku and do want a viable alternative based on Linux or
> BSD (hi BeOS fans, you know who you are :)
>
> Sia.
>

So do it. But remember that making an OS is more than putting out code.
It's not like making an app and sending it off to Google or Apple. Will you
be able to organize GSOC's, push for donations, deal with website issues
and all the other things that Haiku takes care of?

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