> Mark lasted longer with Linux than I did with BeOS!  I didn't have
> to get to the learning curve to be discouraged -- I didn't get past
> their web page.  They offer a "Personal Edition" to download for a
> test drive, but when you get to the FAQ it mentions that you need
> 600MB on Drive C.  Guess what:  I've already encountered too many
> stupid/arrogant apps that insist on installing to Drive C, and now
> that volume's full.  Conclusion:  BeOS is not a serious contender.
> (How's that for a snap judgement?)

I downloaded the Personal Edition of BeOS.  It doesn't have to be on c:, but it
does need 600MB of space as it creates a virtual drive from wherever it is
installed to.  No programs in windows really need to be installed on c:, they
just default to that because they are guaranteed that that partition exists.  I
just wish M$ had come up with a better partitioning scheme and hadn't allowed
developers to mess with core .dll files.  Oh well, back to figuring out linux,
next thing decompilers anyone know of any?

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