[openbeos] Re: Re[2]: OpenBeOS in competition with BeOS

Helmar,

It's heartening to know we can count you as an ally if the need arises.  
Let's hope for the best from Palm and Be; if anyone in the community can 
help them see the light, I'm confident that you and your team can do it. 
 In the mean time, we'll keep preparing for contingencies.

e

>Erik,
>
>thanks for your reply. Really appreciated. If anything, it's that
>kind of level-headedness is getting us further, and I am sure
>we'll quickly win the support from others too.
>
>But right now I think we are at a very basic level, which is: "do
>we get a licence or not? If yes, then when and under what
>conditions?" We don't have all that much time, because there will
>still be months before we can relaunch the product, and any day
>of silence from Be or Palm is a further nail in the coffin.
>
>I just hope Be and Palm see it the same way, but I somewhat doubt
>they do, largely because for the one it's too late and for the
>other one it's not really a priority.
>
>As I said before, let's see what Palm and Be say, but I better be
>realistic than blindly optimistic.
>
>Helmar
>
>P.S. Should Palm and Be fail to produce satisfactory answers,
>then at least I will whole-heartedly support an OpenBeOS
>initiative and the rewriting of parts that are stumbling blocks
>in the way of advancing the OS and its applications.

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