[gcb]

that's true. BeOS never got to the point of being a product.

After they noticed they had no money for the bebox they just pampered the OS for a sale. that's the main reason it looks so much like os7... or 8. it was being tweaked for an apple purchase.

printing was just a matter of paying the rights for the 'standards', again, they were steps before that point.

Also, linux didn't have decent print for the same reason. nobody paid pantone et al for color stuff licenses. heck, gimp didn't have CMKY until... does it have already? honestly, i gave up following it up.