[haiku] Re: Updated website pages online for peer review

> http://production.web.haiku-os.org/about/faq



I'd like to see an entry in the FAQ explaining briefly why the name was 
chosen.



Something like:

Haiku, obviously, is named after the classical three-line Japanese 
poetry form. Haiku poetry is known for its quiet power, elegance and 
simplicity - among the core qualities of BeOS which we aim to recreate 
in Haiku. BeOS included some haiku in its user interface, in the form 
of network error messages displayed by its web browser. An example: 
"Sites you are seeking
From your path they are fleeing
Their winter has come."

There are no current plans to include haiku messages in Haiku. But we 
are proud to acknowledge our philisophical roots in BeOS.





That's how I'd put it, anyway. Although, having written it, I wonder if 
that last line's correct. Is there already haiku hiding in an about box 
I haven't seen yet?  :-)





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Nigel Malthus,
Christchurch, NZ.

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