General Haiku Discussion

I've been following Haiku since the collapse (as I like to call it) of BeOS. Knowing now that there is light ahead in the tunnel of hours and hours (and hours and hours) of coding, I wanted to bring up a question to the Haiku community to discuss.

What is Haiku's take on partnernships to find this OS new 'homes' once Haiku is completed (And when I say completed I mean a solid release and not just a RC to test).

Has Mr. Phipps and the team started a task force looking into "getting the system out there when it's done" or is the community looking to just offer this as a "tell your friends and download it at your own will"?

Has there been an interest from certain vendors to back Haiku with an idea such as this?

Are we looking for global vendors or those close to home?

Is Haiku going to push any PR towards the release of the OS or is there a mindset of hoping someone will "pick us up?"

Just wanted to spark a discussion that I haven't found on the boards. Note, I do realize that FUNDING is a major role in the future of this OS. So assume money is not a factor, how would you script the release and future of this OS and why.

Thank you for your time,
Matthew Kemph
matthew@kemph.com

I know that Haiku isn't quite ready for release yet, at least according to the status pages. But I thought that one of the folks here (tearjerker?) was building a distro based on PE, with the new Haiku tools replacing the old ones.

Good to see that donations are now possible, but please use another service. On that Network for Good registration you have to select states and give zip codes, that a non us resident (yes, there is more than the USA) just cannot fill out.