I recently took over the ownership of the Jabber for BeOS source code, originally developed by John Blanco (Rapture from Venice). The IM client is now renamed to Jabber for Haiku, and the source code released under MIT (same license as Haiku) on OSDrawer.net. I have asked Andrea Anzani to maintain the code, but any one interested in working on the code are encouraged to make contact with me or Andrea. Today we would like to give the community a small Easter present. We hope to see you […] Continue reading →
Yesterday OSNEWS wrote about a new project, Zebuntu: Bernd Korz explains the goals of Zebuntu in the project’s announcement [German]: “Our goal is to use BlueEyedOS to offer a new platform for our former Zeta customers. In the future, Zeta, BeOS, as well as any future Haiku applications, will run natively on Zebuntu. This also offers a distinct advantage for developers for these platforms; they can use Zebuntu to develop for their platforms while utilising the performance and […] Continue reading →
Yesterday, my friend Daniel (DaaT) over at IsComputerOn, wrote that GoBe office solution was back. First I went wow, that’s cool, and I continued reading. It now had the support of a new company, investors and team, and it would be launched in India, by a company Blue Lotus Software Solutions Pvt Ltd. That was the first time I started laughing. The name confusion, “The Big Blue” is what IBM is often called and Lotus Software is an IBM company making office solutions. But […] Continue reading →
February 13 Haiku was presented on Google Tech Talk at Google’s headquaters in California, and a special guest appeared on the event, the former Be Inc. CEO Jean Louis Gassée. He didn’t only join the Haiku team for their presentation, but also gave a few words of support and encouragement for their project. I, as many others interested in Haiku, found it great to too JLG’s presence, together with a few other ex-Be engineers (some of them now works for Google). The […] Continue reading →
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