[openbeos] Re: MIPS32 port for GSoC

2007/3/21, Dane Scott - TuneTracker Systems <dsuden@xxxxxxxxxx>:


> 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.

It's taken years to get to near-Alpha, but it would have taken years
longer if all of the focus and effort hadn't stayed as keenly
concentrated as it has.  I could be wrong about this, but it strikes me
that one goal, when it's a goal as big as the Haiku desktop, is plenty.
If Haiku ever reaches critical mass, and the programmers start "piling
on," then it *might* make more sense to consider non-desktop
possibilites, but even then, if there were indeed lots more programmers
joining in, wouldn't it make the most sense to use that added muscle to
continue to streamline and improve the Haiku desktop experience, develop
drivers, etc?

Dane (who'd be happy if Haiku worked well tomorrow, better later, and
eventually became an irresistible force and took over the world)  :-)



Yes developing drivers would be very important.
I still haven't figured out hardwaremanufactorers only developing M$W
drivers.
Probably something to do with money and M$ restrictions.


Arnold

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