I discovered BeOS about the same time I started getting into UNIX. I remember being impressed by the graphics and performance (the knoppix-like demo cd was ahea

I discovered BeOS about the same time I started getting into UNIX. I remember being impressed by the graphics and performance (the knoppix-like demo cd was ahead of its time). One thing that always perplexed me was that despite having a POSIX/GNU/whatever interface, they stripped out the multiuser abilities. This seemed like a tragic oversight, particularly as the need for multiple users and security tiering (administrator rights) was taking off. It's not obvious to me what the Haiku team is doing about security in this regard, but if the same intellectual effort and creativity used to create the BeBox and BeOS was used to address spyware/malware/other desktop security concerns, it could be awesome indeed.