Editing Haiku (operating system) (section)

==Reception==
In 2013 after the release of Haiku Alpha 4, [[Ars Technica]] reviewed the operating system and praised it for being fast, but ultimately stating that it "may not be much more than an interesting diversion, something to play with on a spare bit of hardware".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reimer |first=Jeremy |date=2013-01-08 |title=1998's most intriguing OS, 15 years later: Hands-on with Haiku alpha 4 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/not-quite-poetry-in-motion-ars-reviews-the-haiku-alpha-4-os/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> Haiku Beta 4 was reviewed by [[ZDNET]] in 2023 where it stated: "Haiku is for those who experienced either [[NeXT]] or [[AfterStep]] and want an operating system that looks and feels a bit old school but performs faster than any OS they've ever experienced." It further praised Haiku's kernel, file system, and object-oriented API.<ref name=":2"/>

As of 2018, the [[Free Software Foundation]] has included Haiku in a list of non-endorsed operating systems because: "Haiku includes some software that you're not allowed to modify. It also includes nonfree firmware blobs."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035718/https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html|archive-date=April 2, 2018|publisher=[[Free Software Foundation]]}}</ref>