>Statement of belief: > >** Clone vs Next Gen BeOS >I think it's great that OBOS is re-implementing BeOS R5 >as it's first step. It will give us a better understanding of >what needs to be improved in OBOS 2.0. Thanks >** "Geeks" vs Business >I refuse to label myself a "geek", but I'm very happy about >OBOS being an engineering effort, first and foremost. >To me it's not about "taking over the world", at least not >at this point. It's about securing our own future. >(personal computing as well as a solid platform for >vertical(?) solutions such as TuneTracker) Right! >Request for change: > >** Organization >I've got an issue here that could easily be remedied. >A few of the team-leaders are unknown to me. >I can't connect their names to apps on BeBits, discussion >on the original Be mailinglists, or nicks on BeShare. >I'm sure they are skilled people, but it would be nice >to get a better idea of who they are. Hmm. Would you like to volunteer to pick one each 2 weeks and do a personal interview? I think that would be a great feature! >Personal homepage links would be nice. If they have them. I don't, really. >Most of them have their SourceForge skills profiles >set to private (the default, AFAIK), and as far as >I could tell no one had used the diary feature. I never use that stuff. >** Newsletter >Can someone please make the newsletter be an actual >email newsletter? Like the original Be newsletter. >For some reason I don't read it unless it's in my mailbox. What format would people want? PDF, Link or ASCII?