[openbeos] Re: AtheOS forked !

  • From: "john 'soco' robinson" <soco@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:36:32 +0100

huh? what was there to fork if he didn't use the kernel?
the app_server and a few very badly written apps?
porting the API to the linux kernel?
why not just work on BlueOS? :)


-soco

----- Original Message -----
From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: [openbeos] AtheOS forked !


> Not sure what effect this will have on us...
>
> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/2311/2002/3/0/8215112/
>
> "I forked Atheos about 6 months ago and have been continuously developing
> it since that time.  "
>
>
> "New Atheos has the following major new features:
> o  Runs on top of the Linux kernel, not the Atheos kernel
> o  Atheos API has been merged with the BeOS API
> o  PowerPC support
> o  gcc 3.0.X compatiblity
> o  OpenTracker/Deskbar desktop manager"
>
> "o  Most BeOS programs compile and run with little or no changes"



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