Oct 08, 2002 00:00 UTC, by Chris Simmons, Senior Journalist.
From the are-you-being-served department...
Which aspect of the BeOS Community makes you smile?
The people, they're so friendly and helpful. BeShare is practically like a BeOS helpdesk for anyone who needs assistance, with scarcely ever a flame or a bad word when there are questions or needs. Compare that to the behavior of people in the other OS chatrooms and newsgroups!
Given a chance, with no limit to funding, what radical feature could you dream of for BeOS?
I'm very single minded of purpose. I came to BeOS for the audio, I stay for the audio. All my hopes, wishes, and aspirations are for awesome audio on BeOS. Great applications, smooth operation. In terms of the OS itself, I would just be happy if the media kit was more friendly to applications, allowing more than one app to use the live input at the same, for instance. That's been a frustration since it really limits things. I would also like to see better support for user-selectivity of input and output channels in audio applications, as they have in Windows.Nothing very radical about my dreams, I'm fairly utiltarian, I'm afraid.Just want to be able to work, live and BREATH audio in BeOS.
If BeOS were an animal, what would be it's natural enemies?
Easy answer. Microsoft. It chased BeOS through the trees and cornered it against a rock. BeOS escaped and went into hiding, but when it comes back out, look out Windows!