Michael Phipps of OpenBeOS fame kicked off the first WalterCon conference by beating around the bush, and referring to OpenBeOS as "dollar-sign-new-name". Eventually he got around to it, and pulled out the T-Shirt. The new name for OpenBeOS, is Haiku.
Spare us the torches and pitchforks, this is progress, and this is branding.
Keep watching here and at
BeGroovy for updates live from the event. (BeGroovy has photos on the way)
Update: Photos from the BeGroovy guys can be found in
this thread on their forums.
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