To really compare the two is kind of revisionist in ways. BeOS didn't have a complete production grade network stack at the time (this was pre-BONE.) Or print

To really compare the two is kind of revisionist in ways. BeOS didn't have a complete production grade network stack at the time (this was pre-BONE.) Or printing (and Apple made their bones on the same thing on the screen being in your printed copy.) Or Multiuser. Or internationalization. There was a lot of stuff that had to be added to BeOS to make it Apple-class. Nevermind device support and nobody knows what the power foot print was like at the time. It does seem like there is a space for it though, if it runs on ARM and has some touch, I could see a ton of Raspberry Pi type projects where something like BeOS/Haiku could be really compelling. Seems like it could conceivably be an interesting android like competitor.