Haikuware News

After a long wait, years and years of development, the model for Haiku and successor to the BeOS will be released in a couple of hours! Of course, we all realize that this is an alpha release but it's a huge step forward. Releasing an easy to use/install disc will surely attract many users and developers who have been curious about Haiku over the years.

Congratulations to all those (and there were many) who supported development of the operating system, whether a core develoer, web designer, news website, financial donor, etc. After all these years, we finally have something to show!

Head on over to Haiku's brand spankin' new website to read all about it, download it, and try it!

With the imminent release of the Haiku Alpha, Haiku-Files is now releasing ISO images for testing. Some people have been waiting a long time for this!

After a fair number of votes were cast for this Thank You Award, we're happy to announce that François Revol "mmu_man" won this edition.



He's been a candidate a few times, and we're glad to see him win. He's been there since the beginning, and is a consistent contributor and mentor. I'll be sending off his shirt today. We'd like to thank all voters and contributors, and also Philippe for his efforts - eventually he'll be rewarded too!

By the way, sorry for the mix-up in our nomination email. There should have been more candidates to choose from, but we sent off a poorly worded/confusing email.

It's time for our 12th Thank You Award. Actualy, we're a bit behind schedule, and only have two candidates because emails were sent out to potential candidates asking if they'd participate, but there was no reply to several. Here they are:

Philippe Saint-Pierre "stpere" - Only recently actively joined the Haiku project and busily moves though the bugtracker to fix a dozen bugs and enhancements. He also stepped up as Haiku's alpha coordinator, and though we don't yet know how that will turn out, we're thankful that he did.

François Revol "mmu_man" - Organized Haiku's presence once more at the RMLL conference and there educated other free software enthusiasts about Haiku in general and for his work on the port to the ARM platform especially.

Please vote :)