Obscure PC operating systems and apps [was Re: got this old peecee...]

[Richard]

In article <575131af0712091015g45358a03kdaf5db9fe88e874d at mail.gmail.com>,
    "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com>  writes:

> BeOS is stunning. A glimpse of what the future might have been. Shows
> where we went wrong with Windows and Unix. It's a must-see OS, IMHO.

Actually, its a glimpse of where Apple went wrong.  The creative force
behind BeOS was at Apple and couldn't get anyone at Apple interested
in BeOS-like directions, so he went to form his own company.  When the
Be computer as a piece of hardware didn't pan out and the OS was the
remaining IP of the company that had any promise of a future, Apple
still wasn't interested.
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