XPost: alt.flame, alt.os.linux   
   From: wookie@deathstar.net   
      
   NunYa Bidness wrote:   
   > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:10:48 -0700, Stephen Edwards   
      
   >>Possibly one of many. I probably should have phrased it "try BeOS".   
   >   
   >   
   >   You're a computer science legend...  in your own mind.   
      
   Interesting. Exactly how in the hell did you interpret a self-   
   correction to be a claim to being a computer science legend?   
      
   >>Granted, BeOS certainly isn't suitable for the vast majority of users,   
   >>however,   
   >   
   >   
   >  It is suitable for ANY person that possesses hardware on which it   
   > will still run.  Can you really be that stupid?   
      
   Okay. A person is running BeOS. Now, he/she needs a word processor.   
   Please point to one application that is stable and functional enough   
   to suit their needs. I would be very interested in knowing what sort   
   of software like this would exist, for I'm looking for something myself.   
      
   >>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.   
   >   
   >   
   >   OMG, an intelligent remark.   
      
   It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that you are not accustomed   
   to intelligence.   
      
   >>I'd do it, except I simply don't have time, or enough experience with   
   >>C/C++ programming to undertake such projects.   
   >   
   >   
   >   Sounds like we should really be listening to your comments then,   
   > right?   Not!   
      
   If so, then why not just place me into your filter and be done with it?   
      
   >>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.   
   >   
   >  Jeez...  one minute you sound like the Bob idiot, then next, you   
   > actually sound like an advocate.  Which is it, Chucko?   
      
   Neither. I simply use the BeOS for my own enjoyment.   
      
   OS advocates are like politicians: They whine, call others names, and   
   really don't actually DO or CREATE anything, and are therefore,   
   basically useless organisms.   
      
   >   If it gets updated, it will surely be all that it ever was and more.   
   > It's a given.   
      
   *snort* I just love delusional people. Perhaps you should break the   
   prozac pill in half next time.   
      
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