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

not sure what you mean by marketing.  were not going to make money off of
this.  We are doing this for the same reason linux was created or close to
it.  I am doing this because I liked beos, its fun, and its educational.

-yt

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> I don't hate to say this, but the sooner you (guys) face that you
> aren't going anywhere without a proper marketing and support
> structure, the better. Conversely, I am under no illusion that
> without decent developer support, our initiative is going nowhere.
>
> You may come up with something cool, but I know of a company that
> came up with something cool before - the company was called Be,
> Inc.. And Be, Inc. in all its coolness went nowhere. Why? Because
> in all their coding frenzy they took their eye off the market and
> subsequently got killed.
>
> Now I don't know what really motivates you, doing something
> open-source, something cool, something to support BeOS, or......
> only you can answer this question, but I can tell you that the
> more united we appear to Palm, the better for everyone involved.
>
> So, I really don't know how we are dependent in any way on Palm.
> If Palm says "No" to the licensing of BeOS, then you will still
> do what you are doing. But without the proper marketing and
> support you are going the same way as with access to the source
> code: nowhere. But while we will certainly find the programmers,
> you may not find it easy to find the right marketers or
> supporters. Remember: there is so much more to a successful OS
> than a cool kernel and some XXX_servers.
>
> In short, it is my current priority to unite all the forces,
> because should Palm say Yes -something I am mildly positive
> about- we gotta be moving fast. And then there is no time for
> farting around or arguing about silly things, because the market
> is not waiting for us anymore.
>
> United we stand, divided we fall.
>
> Just my 0.02,
>
> Helmar
>

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