Editing Haiku (operating system) (section)

==History and project==
On 17 August 2001 [[Palm, Inc.]] announced the purchase of [[Be, Inc.]], marking the end of BeOS development.  The day after, Michael Phipps started the OpenBeOS project<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-28 |title=The History Channel: 2003 Interview with Michael Phipps |url=https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/koki/2009-11-28_history_channel_2003_interview_michael_phipps/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Haiku Project |language=en}}</ref> to support the BeOS user community by creating an open-source, [[Backward compatibility|backward-compatible]] replacement for BeOS.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Haiku Operating System |url=https://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/_english/bs-haiku.htm |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.operating-system.org}}</ref> Palm refused to license the BeOS code to a third-party,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |title=Palm scuppers BeOS co-op hopes |url=https://www.theregister.com/2002/01/15/palm_scuppers_beos_coop_hopes/ |access-date=November 24, 2023 |website=The Register |language=en}}</ref> meaning that OpenBeOS had to be [[reverse engineer|reverse-engineered]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thibodeau |first=Patrick |date=2003-09-15 |title=Microsoft Agrees to Settle Suit by Former Rival Be |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2572937/microsoft-agrees-to-settle-suit-by-former-rival-be.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Computerworld |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902105933/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2572937/microsoft-agrees-to-settle-suit-by-former-rival-be.html |archive-date=2022-09-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2003, Phipps founded the non-profit organization Haiku, Inc. in [[Rochester, New York]], United States, to financially support development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Haiku, Inc. - Haiku, Inc. |url=https://www.haiku-inc.org/about/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.haiku-inc.org}}</ref>

In 2004, the project held its first North American developers' conference, ''WalterCon'';<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Project History |url=https://haiku-chinese.github.io/about/history/index.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Haiku Project |language=en}}</ref> it was also announced on this day that OpenBeOS was renamed to Haiku<ref name=":0" /> to avoid infringing on Palm's trademarks.<ref name="OBOS-to-HAIKU">{{Cite web |title=OpenBeOS Becomes Haiku – OSnews |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/7423/OpenBeOS-Becomes-Haiku/ |website=www.osnews.com}}</ref> The BeUnited.org nonprofit organization, which promoted open standards for BeOS-compatible operating system projects,<ref>{{Cite web |title=yellowTAB and beunited.org co-operate on Java Port – OSnews |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/5250/yellowtab-and-beunitedorg-co-operate-on-java-port/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.osnews.com}}</ref> announced that Haiku would be its "reference platform".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-07-11 |title=beunited.org - Open Standards BeOS-compatible Operating Systems |url=http://www.beunited.org:80/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711082204/http://www.beunited.org:80/ |archive-date=July 11, 2004 }}</ref> In February 2007, the project held a Tech Talk at [[Googleplex]], attended by ex-Be engineers as well as [[Jean-Louis Gassée]] who voiced his support for the project.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Haiku Tech Talk At Google a Success' – OSnews |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/17264/haiku-tech-talk-at-google-a-success/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.osnews.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> There is also an annual conference, BeGeistert, held in Germany since 1998 when BeOS was active.<ref>''Haiku Support Association'' (2014). [http://haiku-support-association.org/begeistert-eng.html "BeGeistert"]. Retrieved on October 24, 2014.</ref><ref name="dampf">HPS (2000-10-06). [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/BeOS-Fans-machen-Dampf-28954.html "BeOS Fans machen Dampf"] (BeOS fans go for it). ''Heise online''. {{in lang|de}}</ref>