This article's got a lot of inaccuracies (Unix based systems all use X and a window manager? Has the guy even used OS X?) and honestly, it doesn't really even say that much about Haiku!

OSnews slammed IRIX a little while ago... Because it was too difficult to set your desktop wallpaper. I get the feeling the site is run by people who don't actually use their computers for Real Work(tm).

Just so people know, this is not a editor, but just a person who wanted to post an article. Osnews tends to have a lot of articles from people, and their quality does seem to vary a lot.

As you surmized the site focuses on mainly on hobby os's, its not a site based on productivity. a lot of these hobby os's once had their day in the sun (or at least the os they were modeled after, OS2, BEOS, IRIX, AMIGA) its a lot of fun to remember and even play with them, but few if any make their full time livings maintaining or using these os's.

Thanks for letting us know. That makes a lot of sense.

Having tried Haiku a few weeks ago, I will say it has a lot of potential. The fact that is has a HIG (human interface guidelines) means it could actually go beyond a hobby OS. I'd like to see some more developers get behind this and see where it goes.