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Re:What makes BeOS and Haiku unique by gsich on Sunday December 02, 2018 @10:55PM (#18586216)
Pretty sure that other OSes could do that too. But most people can't watch 5 videos simultaneously so why try?
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Re:What makes BeOS and Haiku unique by eitland on Monday December 03, 2018 @12:19AM (#18586496)
> But most people can't watch 5 videos simultaneously so why try?

Off the top of my head: security guards do.

And if you limit a general purpose (operating) system by what most users need you'll soon end up with a system where most users miss something.

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Re:What makes BeOS and Haiku unique by gsich on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:19AM (#18588898)
The "why try" was not meant that other OS can't do it. Just that users don't have the need for that. Showing that BeOS can do it, does not mean other OS can't do it too.
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