beos, what happened

[anemptygun]

I was thinking about alternative operating systems the other day when it hit me... what happened to BeOS?

[Incense]

If you were a fan, there is a company still trying to keep the beos love alive by recreating the os.

http://haiku-os.org/

[anemptygun]

Naw, I just want to know where it went.

[FurryNemesis]

To the same place, I assume, as OS/2. It got crowded out.

[anemptygun]

It's a hard life for those other os'es...

[-grubby]

It's a hard life for those other os'es...

yah, we think Linux is bad with around 1% market share, but they virtually didn't exist

[SunnyRabbiera]

shame too as Beos and OS/2 were really good.
I remember using OS/2 for a small bit on a relatives computer, it was sweet.

[darrelljon]

Is it worth releasing a proprietary operating system aimed at the desktop market unless you are Microsoft or Apple? I notice SkyOS seem to think they can compete.

[FranMichaels]

This sheds some more light on things.

Groklaw coverage of anti-trust case in Iowa (http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20061209135113443)


The Be Operating System was fully multi-threaded and multi-tasking with memory protection built from the ground up to do advanced audio visual editing. Microsoft refused to allow the OEM’s to pre-load BeOS, Conlin recounted, or to put an icon on the desktop or load the boot manager to permit switching between OS's. Even with the strong support of its partner, Intel, just like what happened with DR-DOS and OS/2, BE OS failed to break the lock Microsoft has on OEMs. In 2001, Be dissolved. Conlin told the jury:


Found it by searching Google with "beos site:groklaw.net"

[yabbadabbadont]

It was awesome what it could do. On my old PII-233, it could play two videos and three sound files simultaneously (and mixed the sound output) without bogging down. Win95 (I think, I don't think 98 was out yet) blue-screened when I tried the same thing on the same machine with the same media files.

[EYEdROP]

This sheds some more light on things.

Groklaw coverage of anti-trust case in Iowa (http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20061209135113443)



Found it by searching Google with "beos site:groklaw.net"

Thats why I hate Microsoft. They dont give anyone a chance because of their patents, proprietary formats, and contracts, even though Linux and especially Apple make a better operating system. I feel like the computer industry would be much further in technology if it werent for microsoft controlling everything.

[anemptygun]

very interesting! thanx guys!