[haiku] Re: Ideas for a marketing push!
- From: Philippe Saint-Pierre <stpere@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:48:26 -0500
Hi,
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Jerry Babione <jerry.babione@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On 11/10/11, Paul Davey <plmdvy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> >> NOW IS THE TIME for an OS with all the tools ( SIMPLE to USE Tools) to
> >> step up. I despise Ubuntu 11.04 because of the slick approach to the
> >> consumer. Windows 8 will have its sales reguardless of my
> >> preferences. Haiku can be one of the best Linux systems ever fielded
> >> if we can get our act together.
> >>
> >
> > Haiku is not a Linux system.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> Read a little further, While Haiku is based on BeOS the kernal is
> basic linux. Get Over it. I've imported apps for GNU, Debian, and
> Others that run beautifully, The users I can get to go this way I
> will.
<snip>
>
> --
> Jerry Babione
> Founder-Just Plain Folks Org. Inc.
>
>
No, I'm sorry, but Haiku's kernel isn't Linux. It is actually based from
NewOS's kernel. There is not a single line code coming from Linux (kernel)
within Haiku, AFAICT. The fact that you can port applications from Linux
is mostly that both are (up to a certain point) POSIX compliant. POSIX
stands for Portable Operating System Interface and is meant to be a
standard that application developer can rely upon. It is a set of features
that a POSIX compliant OS would provide.
Thank you,
Philippe Saint-Pierre
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