| [Web] TeamAROS bounty program updated | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 23-Jan-2004 02:30 GMT by Christophe Decanini | 79 comments
View flat
View list |
The teamAROS has set three new objectives in their bounty program:
- PCI driver, ata device and support of fat32.
|
|
| List of all comments to this article |
| TeamAROS bounty program updated : Comment 34 of 79 | ANN.lu |
| Posted by anon on 24-Jan-2004 22:59 GMT | In reply to Comment 33 (Ronald St-Maurice):
> Wrong. The move, from desktop OS to embedded OS, was a last ditch attempt to
> save the company which was burning up 1 million dollars per month.
That decision was made before they went x86. the x86/free movement was nothing more than an attempt to turn BeOS into a developement platform for BeDE *cough* I mean BeIA. That's really the only reason the x86 decision was made. Thet never got it, even when the popularity of BeOS x86 exploded, they saw those users as nothing but potential BeIA developers, rather than the desktop users they really were.
There was very little interest in BeOS PPC ever. Nobody I know even used anything other than Beos x86, and they were all willing to pay for it, but by the time anyone got around to paying for it, Beos was screwing things already, telling all the developers who *had products ready* to be released that the future of Beos as a desktop OS was dead. *BIG products* were ready to be sent out the door, and they screwed the pooch, BIG products, the likes of which would make an Amiga user cream their jeans if they were offered for AOS. Steinbeck etc. shit.
Meanwhile, they gave the OS away for free, saying "no support, no future" - and had record downloads, even moreso than most linux distro's combined at that time. Dumbasses. |
|
| List of all comments to this article (continued) |
|
- User Menu
-
- About ANN archives
- The ANN archives is powered by #AmigaZeux. It was updated daily (news last: 22-Oct-2004; comments last: 18-May-2005).
ANN.lu was created, previously owned and maintained by Christian Kemp, www.ckemp.com.
- Contribute
- Not possible at this time!
- Search ANN archives
- Advanced search
- Hosting
- ANN.lu was hosted by Dreamhost. Sign up through this link, mention "ckemp" as referrer and he will get a 10% commission on any account you purchase.
Please show your appreciation for any past, present and future work on ANN.lu by making a contribution via PayPal.
|
