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I was a big BeOS fan too back in the day. But in retrospect I’ve realized NeXT was simply much better technology. Unlike BeOS they had vector based UI. Objecti
by jernfrost 9y ago
I was a big BeOS fan too back in the day. But in retrospect I’ve realized NeXT was simply much better technology. Unlike BeOS they had vector based UI. Objective-C was a better language for GUI apps. Pervasive mulithreading that BeOS went for was a mistake
- tambourine_man 9y agoYes, NeXT's tech was better aaaand[1] it came with Steve Jobs. [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16788883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16788883 But Be's taste and priorities (the most responsive UI I've ever used until the iPhone), were more aligned with mine.
- mattl 9y agoWas there much software released for BeOS?
- tambourine_man 9y agoNo much unfortunately.