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Re:What have we lost? – Demo of exotic OSes (2021) [video] by nomdep on Thursday August 25, 2022 @08:21PM (#32601790)
I think Haiku biggest mistake was to try to be a regular desktop OS instead of focusing on a specific hardware like RaspberryPi.
Re:What have we lost? – Demo of exotic OSes (2021) [video] by jackvalentine on Friday August 26, 2022 @03:03AM (#32604134)
In their defence they’ve been at it since 2002 before any of those fun little pieces of hardware existed.
Re:What have we lost? – Demo of exotic OSes (2021) [video] by rcarmo on Friday August 26, 2022 @06:06AM (#32605371)
Well, they were also quite hostile to the idea of targeting the Pi. I remember being involved in a forum discussion where it was dissed as a toy, another around ARM never being a relevant platform, and another about the Broadcom bits being proprietary.

To this day, Haiku has been dragging its feet on the Pi (and yes, I know it’s a community effort, that it requires sponsorship, suitable volunteers, etc. - I’m just pointing out that they dropped the ball in even acknowledging the need for a port).

Re:What have we lost? – Demo of exotic OSes (2021) [video] by jackvalentine on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:32PM (#32614679)
‘Need’ is a big word to use for something voluntary.