I too used Be-os in the late 90's. Our application was a stand alone internet browsing device. Lots of potential in the OS that was never realized, maybe if A

I too used Be-os in the late 90's. Our application was a stand alone internet browsing device. Lots of potential in the OS that was never realized, maybe if Apple had bought it over Next. Today, I don't think we need another under-developed desktop OS; if anything, pouring more resources into Linux to get something that's actually competitive with MacOS and Windows instead of just semi-competitive would be a better use of time. Alas, after 20 years of waiting, I feel like that's unlikely to happen either.