>I don't think that BeOS was as mature as NextStep
BeOS was interesting but also kind of a joke. I remember trying it out and receiving error messages written as not-helpful haikus. I could only think that this was not a serious OS, and that was the end of BeOS for me. Here's a few:
"Errors have occurred.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers."
"The code was willing.
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak."
"Cables have been cut. Southwest of Northeast somewhere. We are not amused."
As a programmer at the time, I was confounded by these awful error messages. It just made the whole thing seem like a joke. I had no time for this. I'd never consider writing software for a platform that obscured the error behind a haiku.
BeOS was interesting but also kind of a joke. I remember trying it out and receiving error messages written as not-helpful haikus. I could only think that this was not a serious OS, and that was the end of BeOS for me. Here's a few:
"Errors have occurred. We won't tell you where or why. Lazy programmers."
"The code was willing. It considered your request, But the chips were weak."
"Cables have been cut. Southwest of Northeast somewhere. We are not amused."
As a programmer at the time, I was confounded by these awful error messages. It just made the whole thing seem like a joke. I had no time for this. I'd never consider writing software for a platform that obscured the error behind a haiku.