Sum-It. It's small, light wieght, powerful, and not a clone. It is a spreadsheet, but it does it's job as a truly BeOS application. Other examples exist, but I think Sum-It is as good an example as there is. Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Helmar Rudolph > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:40 PM > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [openbeos] Re: Think useful, not cool > > > > > A super cool OS will, of course, ease the path to super > > cool apps, but one has to convince developers that your > > super cool OS is where they want to target those apps. > > That's one element. The other one, as I said time and time > before, is that BeOS has very few super cool apps. Most of > them use the traditional paradigm (copied from Windows/Linux) > and are barely innovative, lest using the BeOS to the fullest. > > Developers need to think like users, like marketers, like > geniuses...; they need to get into existing software and ask > themselves "why doesn't that software do this or do that; can > I possibly put that into my application?", etc. Really, what > is needed is lateral and innovative yet practical thinking > instead of copying what already exists. Only this way the > BeOS can ever become successful, because we need USP (unique > selling propositions) plastered all over the place, making it > easy for people to dump Linux and Windows in favour of BeOS, > whether they already have a PC or are considering getting one. > > Just my 0.02. > > Helmar > >