Re: [OT] Haiku OS

[Richard Gaskin via use-livecode]

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> https://www.haiku-os.org/
>
> Does anyone know if Haiku OS;
>
> 1. Shows any sign whatsoever of gaining any traction?

Slim to none.  Microsoft owns the desktop, Linux is the de-facto 
standard beyond the desktop, Apple owns the high-end of the market.


I see little room in that mix for another OS.

Everything changes, and it's likely that sooner or later a new OS will 
come along that'll wow us all.


But with all due respect to the great ideas in the project I don't think 
it'll be Haiku OS, mainly because it's a desktop-only OS in a 
multi-device world, with little in its underpinnings suggesting it can 
be easily adapted to new form factors.



> 2. Is there any point of attempting to compile LiveCode for Haiku OS
> (beyond a spare time project)?

In all honesty I can imagine few activities which could produce a lower ROI.

It might have been different.  Haiku OS is the open source fork of 
Jean-Louis Gassée's BeOS, at one time the front-runner when Apple was 
shopping for a replacement for what we now call Mac Classic.  But once 
Jobs' NeXT became a candidate, even at its much higher acquisition 
price, being a Unix meant a larger supporting ecosystem, a proven 
standard calming to developers and investors alike.


It's almost too bad, since BeOS has a lot of great ideas, all the way 
down to the metadata-rich file system, arguably well ahead of its time.


But history has spoken, and at this time I see little profit in 
deploying apps to Haiku OS.


That said, as a learning exercise studying Haiku OS can be very 
fruitful.  There really are some great ideas in there.


--
 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Systems
 Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
 
 ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com

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Re: [OT] Haiku OS

[Roger Eller via use-livecode]

AROS however is quite good, and has some 2018 activity.

http://aros.sourceforge.net/

http://aros.sourceforge.net/pictures/screenshots/

~Roger


On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Richmond,
>
> Current Official Version Information
>
> Version: R1/Alpha 4.1
> Release date: November 14th, 2012
> Computer platform: x86-32
> Something that hasn’t seen an update since 2012
> probably isn’t getting much traction at all.
>
> I hope you find this information somewhat helpful.
>
> Rick
>
> > On Feb 28, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.haiku-os.org/
> >
> > Does anyone know if Haiku OS;
> >
> > 1. Shows any sign whatsoever of gaining any traction?
> >
> > 2. Is there any point of attempting to compile LiveCode for Haiku OS
> (beyond a spare time project)?
> >
> > Richmond.
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Re: [OT] Haiku OS

[William de Smet via use-livecode]

This is probably more interesting:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/google-enable-linux-apps-chrome-os-recent-code-commits-suggest

greetings,

William



2018-02-28 15:52 GMT+01:00 Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:

> Hi Richmond,
>
> Current Official Version Information
>
> Version: R1/Alpha 4.1
> Release date: November 14th, 2012
> Computer platform: x86-32
> Something that hasn’t seen an update since 2012
> probably isn’t getting much traction at all.
>
> I hope you find this information somewhat helpful.
>
> Rick
>
> > On Feb 28, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.haiku-os.org/
> >
> > Does anyone know if Haiku OS;
> >
> > 1. Shows any sign whatsoever of gaining any traction?
> >
> > 2. Is there any point of attempting to compile LiveCode for Haiku OS
> (beyond a spare time project)?
> >
> > Richmond.
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Re: [OT] Haiku OS

[Rick Harrison via use-livecode]

Hi Richmond,

Current Official Version Information

Version: R1/Alpha 4.1
Release date: November 14th, 2012 
Computer platform: x86-32
Something that hasn’t seen an update since 2012
probably isn’t getting much traction at all.

I hope you find this information somewhat helpful.

Rick

> On Feb 28, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> https://www.haiku-os.org/
> 
> Does anyone know if Haiku OS;
> 
> 1. Shows any sign whatsoever of gaining any traction?
> 
> 2. Is there any point of attempting to compile LiveCode for Haiku OS (beyond 
> a spare time project)?
> 
> Richmond.
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[OT] Haiku OS

[Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode]

https://www.haiku-os.org/

Does anyone know if Haiku OS;

1. Shows any sign whatsoever of gaining any traction?

2. Is there any point of attempting to compile LiveCode for Haiku OS 
(beyond a spare time project)?


Richmond.
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