XPost: alt.flame, alt.os.linux   
   From: wookie@deathstar.net   
      
   The U.S. Constitution wrote:   
      
   > Stephen Edwards  wrote in news:43a5ecb0$1_5   
   > @newsfeed.slurp.net:   
      
   8< SNIP >8   
      
   >>>>>Say something else stupid now!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Jim is smart?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Brilliant!! Don't let anybody tell you that you don't still have "it".   
   >>>You get a gold star for today.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Gee, I wonder why BeOS advocacy never convinces anyone to use BeOS.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Perhaps because so many of its users act like little children?   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm sure that's the reason.   
      
   Possibly one of many. I probably should have phrased it "try BeOS".   
      
   Granted, BeOS certainly isn't suitable for the vast majority of users,   
   however, I was mainly referring to open source programmers who might be   
   interested in porting their opensource apps to the BeOS, if for no other   
   reason, to use it as a hobby OS, or another platform on which to test   
   their code for portability.   
      
   I'd do it, except I simply don't have time, or enough experience with   
   C/C++ programming to undertake such projects.   
      
   It'll be interesting to see how much life, if any, could get put back   
   into the "BeOS way", if you will, when HaikuOS and/or OpenBeOS get a   
   bit more of a foothold.   
      
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