Comments on: Why ALL OS’s (except BeOS) have failed on the desktop http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/ parsing, performance, minimalism with C99 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: phoudoin http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-941 phoudoin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:53:57 +0000 http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/#comment-941 If you're still interested in BeOS quite unique regarding desktop responsiveness, you my check Haiku, aka BeOS re-written from scratch in open source: http://www.haiku-os.org If you’re still interested in BeOS quite unique regarding desktop responsiveness, you my check Haiku, aka BeOS re-written from scratch in open source:

http://www.haiku-os.org

]]> By: carl http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-723 carl Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:25:14 +0000 http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/#comment-723 Totally agree with you. We gotta do something about these lame GUIs. Users really don't have many choices when it comes to OSes. In a better world the OS market would be much more diverse. Totally agree with you. We gotta do something about these lame GUIs.

Users really don’t have many choices when it comes to OSes. In a better world the OS market would be much more diverse.

]]> By: Gabe Frost http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Gabe Frost Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:19:53 +0000 http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/#comment-720 Hey Josh, Great writeup! It's fantastic to see someone so passionate about multimedia experiences on a modern multi-purpose OS, and stick to the facts rather than unsubstantiated claims. Fortunately, many of the issues you describe have to be addressed for a reliable HD audio/video experience, which is finally a reality and expectation in the comming years. I see you found my post about some Vista kernel improvements in this area. I'd love to hear any feedback or questions you have overall about Vista in this area so I can make sure it gets to the right product teams (we're actively planning the next client Windows release). Keep it up! I look forward to talking with you more about any suggestions you have. Best, Gabe Hey Josh,
Great writeup! It’s fantastic to see someone so passionate about multimedia experiences on a modern multi-purpose OS, and stick to the facts rather than unsubstantiated claims. Fortunately, many of the issues you describe have to be addressed for a reliable HD audio/video experience, which is finally a reality and expectation in the comming years. I see you found my post about some Vista kernel improvements in this area. I’d love to hear any feedback or questions you have overall about Vista in this area so I can make sure it gets to the right product teams (we’re actively planning the next client Windows release). Keep it up! I look forward to talking with you more about any suggestions you have.

Best,
Gabe

]]> By: Scott http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Scott Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:50:14 +0000 http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/#comment-719 Where is your much-faster-performance OS then? I'll be happy to use it and rich you like I did to Bill Gates. Where is your much-faster-performance OS then? I’ll be happy to use it and rich you like I did to Bill Gates.

]]> By: Matt Brubeck http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Matt Brubeck Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:34:00 +0000 http://blog.reverberate.org/2007/07/25/why-all-oss-except-beos-have-failed-on-the-desktop/#comment-717 I hope you don't fail like Linux, but I also hope you don't "succeed" like BeOS. :( I hope you don’t fail like Linux, but I also hope you don’t “succeed” like BeOS. :(

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