BeOS-Central

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Wikipedia- a start says BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. Unlike some other operating systems of the time, BeOS was written to take advantage of modern hardware. Optimized for digital media work, BeOS made full use of multiprocessor systems by utilizing modular I/O bandwidth, pervasive multithreading, preemptive multitasking and a custom 64-bit journaled file system known as BFS. The BeOS GUI was developed on the principles of clarity and a clean, uncluttered design. ... The company was acquired by Palm Inc. and today BeOS is mainly used and developed by a small population of enthusiasts.

Junker comment: If "utilizing modular I/O bandwidth, pervasive multithreading, preemptive multitasking and a custom 64-bit journaled file system," then the current (x2's and x4's) and the coming (x8's) multi-cpu chips might just scream!

However...progress is slow to an open source version...seems like http://haiku-os.org is the place, to work, send support money, etc. 'R1' is still awaiting...

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