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  • Haiku Turns 6!

    08/23/2007 12:13:09 PM PDT · by N3WBI3 · 7 replies · 256+ views
    Haiku-OS ^ | 2007-08-18 | Michael Lotz
    Haiku Turns 6! Submitted by Michael Lotz on Sat, 2007-08-18 17:00. Tags: birthday We are excited to announce that having reached the 18th of August, 2007, the Haiku project is now six years old! Read on for some more details... When the decision to start Haiku these six years ago was made (then still called OpenBeOS), the motivation to reach the goal of creating a functioning BeOS clone was very high. Over time this motivation has seen many ups and downs, and there have been times where development was really stagnant, but there were always the other times in which...
  • The Boring State of Operating Systems Today

    02/24/2005 7:52:54 PM PST · by ShadowAce · 25 replies · 892+ views
    OSNews ^ | 23 February 2005 | Eugenia Loli-Queru
    When I joined OSNews in 2001, I did it with a great excitment because of my love for... messing around with many operating systems in order to explore news ways of doing things. Back in the '80s and the '90s there were a lot of OS projects that would draw the attention of the computer users of the time. But in this decade, it seems that other than Windows, OSX, Linux and a very few other much smaller OSes, the scene is sterile. And it's only getting worse. Personally, I just can't stand anymore the endless debates between the Linux,...
  • The Nigerian SCO Connection [Linux/Spam Amusement Alert]

    08/17/2003 7:36:00 AM PDT · by Eala · 14 replies · 490+ views
    Ars Technica ^ | 8/17/2003 | Ars Technica
    DEAR SIR/MADAM: I AM MR. DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW. MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH AN ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS. IN THE EARLY 1970S THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION DEVELOPED AT GREAT EXPENSE THE...