Inexcusable Errors Must Be Corrected. Jul 02, 2003 11:01 UTC, by Chris Simmons, Senior Journalist From the urban-legends department... RED ALERT... RED ALERT... ;) There is an article on Van's Hardware (I know, never heard of it either.) that starts out by indicating that BeOS was based on the freeBSD core, and get this... is sluggish when performing media tasks. Huh? If you're as puzzled as I am, and wish to help correct this glaringly obvious error on his part, please head over and SEND AN EMAIL now. This guy is obviously mistaken, and didn't even check his facts about BeOS... As to why BeOS is even mentioned in an article about P4 chips, AMD chips, and hot peppers, is beyond me. (hot peppers? weird.) Let's inform this mis-guided soul as to what BeOS is all about, shall we? [update - 11:02 GMT] It seems his email is bouncing. I'm posting his website DNS information below (from directnic.com, publically available.) Organization: Van Smith Van Smith 2100 Deer Creek Trail Round Rock, TX 78664 US Phone: 512.341.7768 Email: van@vanshardware.com Any Texans in da house that want to call him up? ;=) Here's a copy of the email I sent him: "Hello there Van. I can't help but be worried that your article ( http:// www.vanshardware.com/articles/2003/02/030221_Nils/030221_Nils.htm ) is quite inaccurate when stating that BeOS was developed with a freeBSD core, and is sluggish when performing media tasks. My first correction to you is that BeOS was designed from the ground up, from scratch, by Be Inc., starting in 1990, and has never, ever had any unix, linux, freeBSD, or other code implemented into it's design in any version of BeOS. Secondly, BeOS R5 Pro/PE perform more than adequately when performing media tasks such as watching a movie (VLC, fantastic software.), playing thousands of mp3 (SoundPlay, can't say enough about it.), or broadcasting to the internet (TuneTracker, wonderful software).. It even performs these tasks all at the same time without a hitch. I'm curious to know what the machine specifications were that you tested BeOS with, as well as to know what version of BeOS you installed, for that matter. Your article mentions neither, but yet alludes to facts that are in fact untrue. If you are willing to publish information on the general internet, it is common courtesy to check your facts. It not only serves the public interest, but it prevents mis-perceptions of your worth as a journalist. Please respond to me when you have the time to discuss this further. On behalf of the entire BeOS Community, I await your reply. -Chris Simmons, Avid BeOS User. The BeOSJournal http://www.beosjournal.org"