[openbeos] Re: Haiku - FreeDesktop.org cooperation proposal

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:34:17 +0200 CEST

"François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> While we welcome the advances on GNU/Linux on the desktop, some of 
> which were pioneered on the desktop by BeOS in its time[1] which made 
> us like it, we believe Haiku also has a place to fit alongside GNU/
> Linux and other Free Software OSes, in the great ensemble of the 
> technodiversity. 
> 
> As such we believe Haiku shares some common interests with the 
> fredesktop.org initiative, despite not using X11 for its GUI.

I'm not sure if that is really something we should have on our radar 
now. Of course, having a standard for handling attributes would be 
great, but beyond that, there is little Haiku could immediately benefit 
from IMO.

Bye,
   Axel.


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