Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sun Feb 3 15:12:30 CST 2013
It must have been BeOS r5 Personal Edition which runs on top of previous versions of Windows :-( According to VirtualBox, BeOS "Doesn't work" but Haiku does: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes On 4 Feb 2013 at 7:02, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > I'm not 100% certain, but I have a strong recollection of trying BeOS a few years ago. IIRC, > I installed it from one of those DVDs that come with computer magazines. > > If so, it would probably have been on VirtualBox since that's the only VM I've used seriously. > (It was on a previous laptop and I don't have that VM any more.) > > -- > Stuart > > On 3 Feb 2013 at 14:04, Arthur Fuller wrote: > > > Is there a VM that runs BeOS? I tried it way back when and would like to > > try it again. > > > > A. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < > > hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > You are correct. I do have some affection for it, in the sense that it > > > saddens me when technology with great potential that is technically better > > > than the competition dies prematurely because of market realities. BeOS was > > > fast and a really well designed OS. It didn't have tons of legacy junk to > > > complicate things and it was capable of proper multitasking. There are > > > YouTube videos out there that demonstrate just how many system intensive > > > things they were able to run concurrently without the OS breaking a sweat > > > or slowing/stuttering and all on the modest technology we had back then > > > (early pentiums etc). > > > > > > BeOS was a chance for us to have a clean break - a well thought out OS > > > that was designed to take proper advantage of the more modern hardware and > > > CPU architecture of the time. Instead, what we got were legacy systems that > > > were slowly brought up to modern standard (and, even then, not completely) > > > by means of plugging and patching. And, as a software developer, that makes > > > me sad. > > > > > > - Hans > > > > > > > > > On 2013-01-31, at 1:03 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Hans-Christian, > > > > > > > > I can see that you had some affection for BeOS, > > > > > > > > thanks for a nice email, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 January 2013 09:50, Hans-Christian Andersen > > > > <hans.andersen at phulse.com>wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Mark, > > > >> > > > >> No, Haiku is meant to be binary compatible with BeOS, so it does not run > > > >> Linux binaries from the outset (but it is entirely possible, of course). > > > >> > > > >> Haiku is not a new OS. It has been around for a while actually. It's > > > been > > > >> around since the early 2000's. The history behind BeOS was that it was a > > > >> new operating system that was designed to be heavily multi-core and > > > >> multi-tasking (remember back in those days when the Pentium Pro machines > > > >> were actually capable of multiple processors?). The company, Be Inc., > > > was > > > >> trying to compete in a heavily Windows dominated market and they were > > > >> selling machines called BeBox's. > > > >> > > > >> Unfortunately, no one was interested in buying anything that wasn't > > > >> Microsoft at the time, so BeOS never had any traction in the industry, > > > >> despite being vastly superior (in every way conceivable) to Microsoft > > > >> Windows. > > > >> > > > >> When Apple was failing to produce an update to their operating system, > > > Mac > > > >> OS 9, BeOS was one of the two options Apple was considering as being the > > > >> next update to Apple OS. Unfortunately for Be Inc., Steve Jobs had > > > returned > > > >> to Apple and was pushing for NeXT, since this was his project prior to > > > >> (re)joining Apple. > > > >> > > > >> Apple decided to go with NeXT. BeOS's last ditch effort to stay alive > > > >> among the sharks (Microsoft) failed and the company folded in 2001. > > > >> > > > >> It's a shame. BeOS was an amazing operating system. It was far ahead of > > > >> everything out there from a technology point of view and it ran circles > > > >> around every other OS in terms of performance and stability at the time. > > > >> > > > >> Palm then acquired Be Inc and did bugger all with it (as usual), so the > > > >> Haiku team took it upon themselves to rewrite BeOS and they called it > > > >> Haiku. It's been in alpha forever because it is enough of a forgotten OS > > > >> that few people care, but enough care to spend time working on it with a > > > >> passion. > > > >> > > > >> Unfortunately, Haiku can only claim to be BeOS compatible. They had to > > > >> rewrite everything, so it isn't really the same OS underneath, but > > > they've > > > >> done an excellent job considering! > > > >> > > > >> R.I.P. BeOS. > > > >> > > > >> - Hans > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On 2013-01-28, at 1:15 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hello Jim > > > >>> > > > >>> Do you think that Linux apps will install and run on Haiku? If not, > > > does > > > >>> it have future at all? > > > >>> > > > >>> I do admire the vision of anyone that attempts to start a new OS. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On 28 January 2013 07:10, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> So here is something interesting...another OSS and it is not Linux > > > >>>> > > > >>>> It is called Haiku. Whether the OS, based on BeOS, will make it past > > > the > > > >>>> development stage is a question as they are still trying to put enough > > > >>>> funds > > > >>>> together to make the dream a reality. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Below is their site: > > > >>>> https://www.haiku-os.org/ > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Here is a Wikipedia oversight: > > > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> And a link to many images of the various product screens: > > > >> > > > http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&cp=8&gs_id= > > > >> > > > 4&xhr=t&q=Haiku+OS&biw=1174&bih=649&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&um=1&ie=UTF- > > > >>>> 8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=bSIGUaPJNpCUigLw7oHoDg > > > >>>> > > > >>>> And finally a article from a recent product convert: > > > >>>> http://blog.leahhanson.us/falling-for-haiku-os.html > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Jim > > > >>>> > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>> dba-Tech mailing list > > > >>>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > >>>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > >>>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>> dba-Tech mailing list > > > >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> dba-Tech mailing list > > > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Arthur > > Cell: 647.710.1314 > > > > Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. > > -- Niels Bohr > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >