this is true. But i think the bigger purpose of this discussion was the road map of haiku after the R1 release. There are many different platforms out there that would turn Haiku into less of a desktop OS and more of a hobbyist Linux type deal, and don't forget WE are not Linux. Although we can learn much from them. My thoughts are that a ps3 port if possible would be able to fulfill the purpose of BeOS even existing. But it still remains Haiku is still in alpha and some wouldn't even call it that and it has some big shoes to fill. I think once R1 is out, perhaps the main dev core can take some time to experiment with other platforms before the move onto R2 begins. On 3/20/07, Donovan Schulteis <deej575@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I also believe that the whole IA game for Be was too early. Some of the stuff we were working on at Qubit on BeIA was just plain ahead of it's time. Not only did the hardware cost too much then, but the general idea wasn't sticking too well with the consumer. But, given we won 2 TechTV best of categories, we were on the right path. Now, 7 years later, I'm just starting to see the stuff emerge into the market successfully. I think what killed us was cost of entry ($1500 for a tablet that performed less than a much cheaper laptop), in addition to the fact that Be went out of business and our investors didn't want to pony up money to either buy BeIA source or start over on WinCE. :P That all said, to bring this back around to topic... MHO is that a 1.0release on x86 should be the only priority at this time. Once there, other platforms can be examined... but the community needs the one complete platform before starting to worry about others, nevermind the lack of an army of devs to keep all platforms moving forward. Stay focused on a single target for now... ;) Deej On 3/20/07, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'd welcome anything that moved Haiku closer to running on my SGI > > > O2, > > > though... > > > > Yeah, I think we need a focus shift toward HaikuIA. That always works > > out well. :) > > > > Well, at the time Be did it it was too early. > We only start to see real-life handhelds around. > Even though tabletPCs weren't really a success (but maybe because the > OS wasn't suitable), there are many more form factors that are really > used. PDAs sell less, but we see PDA-shaped smartphones instead. ultra- > laptops are more usable. The Nokia n800 is more a niche stuff though. > That changes from the kitchen computer that was bigger than a laptop > and too slow to do video. > Set-top-boxes are gone, but intelligent DSL modems now have a GUI to > show on the TV, even if only to preset records. (bénie soit la Freebox > :) > > So as I said, not it's no more "embedded" stuff, but real mobile > desktop. > Then it's not really a focus shift anymore. > > #include <ForwardLookingStatement.h> > > François. > >
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