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Reports that the next version of Mac OS X (10.3 aka Panther) will feature a new file system format akin to BeOS's file system.

Previously, it was reported that Dominic Giampaolo, a BeOS engineer was employed by Apple approximately one year ago, and it is presumed that his experience with BeOS's journaled file-system was applied towards Apple's current implementation of Journaling in Mac OS X. If this newest rumor is true, more BeOS file-system features may find their way into Mac OS X.

This 2001 article by Scot Hacker entitled "Tales of a BeOS Refugee", gives one experienced BeOS user's perspective on the advantages of the BeOS file system.

MacBidouille also claims that Mac OS X 10.3 will feature significant performance boosts over 10.2.
 
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preformance boosts... like less beach ball?
 
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I loved BeOS. It was really an awesome OS with lots of potential. If they're truly going to be building in some BeOS features, this will be awesome!
 
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BeOS was nice but fundamentally flawed in that it was written in a much higher level language (C++) than was OpenStep (Objective C). Objective C-derived Cocoa has much more growth headroom and therefore better code optimization and speed potential, as well as portability.
 

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