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Re:Antique BeOS Content by Scot Hacker (1996–2001) by hulitu on Sunday September 04, 2022 @08:21AM (#32712267)
As far as i remember it was not free and the amount of programs was limited. It was also not POSIX compatible which also limited what you could run on it.
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Re:Antique BeOS Content by Scot Hacker (1996–2001) by pjmlp on Sunday September 04, 2022 @09:48AM (#32713019)
There was also the issue of bundling Windows with PCs, and that even by BeOS 5 several features were still WIP, and the final nail being Apple went for NeXT instead.
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Re:Antique BeOS Content by Scot Hacker (1996–2001) by sassy_quat on Sunday September 04, 2022 @10:07AM (#32713195)
If I recall correctly, BeOS won an antitrust lawsuit that wasn't able to cover their development expenses.

Fortunately the Department of Justice didn't intervene.

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