Let's see... BeOS actually has almost a database built into the file system so that a
search for a file takes seconds instead of minutes on Win9x/NT. Let's not consider
using an operating system devoted to taking full advantage of the hardware and
offering superb streaming media (video and audio) because it does not have a database
application.
Gee could we find database options for free under Linux until our eyes started
bleeding from the sheer number of options? In fact I am beginning to question the need
for a lot of applications on a OS since it is actually better to implement them as a
program running on a web server accessing the data on a
database server. The only thing the user needs is a compliant browser.
BeOS is worth watching as it is the only product actually positioned to give Microsoft
a run in the consumer/video/audio/graphics market. BeOS leaves all legacy behind and
only looks forward. Go to www.be.com since they can explain better than I.
Just for the record I also love old so called "junk" SURVPCs and truly believe in
keeping a computer going instead of putting it in the garbage.
There are 10,000+ registered developers for BeOS so there must be something there.
Hal.
At 09:44 PM 9/23/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Paul:
>
>I was at their office in early spring of this year. They want money for
>everything. I can't seem to find any really great reason to invest our
>programmers time into learning a new OS that has no decent databases
>working on it yet.
>
>If your a graphics and video coder then it is a tool worth
>investigating. We just aren't very dirty pictures on the wall oriented -
>guess we old boring database types :)
>
>John O
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