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I had a friend who was very excited to show me BeOS running on a PowerMac 7600 back when we were in high school (1997 probably?) I thought it was interesting,
by sircastor 5y ago
I had a friend who was very excited to show me BeOS running on a PowerMac 7600 back when we were in high school (1997 probably?)
I thought it was interesting, including the UI being so different from what I’d seen otherwise (Mac OS 8 or Win3.1/95) but didn’t appreciate what it really was or why it would be appealing.
In retrospect I’m of two minds. Competition is great, and having more than a duopoly of operating systems wold really put the pressure on to keep competitors honest. That said, I remember the dark days of the single short aisle of Mac programs at EggHead software, and how frustrating it can be to have few options. Really the only thing that makes ChromeOS possible is web applications