re: [LI] Port of 'Beanstalk' user interface ..

["Suresh Ramasubramanian" <Suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Swapan

> Has anybody used the BEANSTALK which HCL had come out one time
> (before Win95 I think) ?

I have seen it several times - HCL went all out trying to promote it.  
They gave it up as a bad job.

>  How usefull was it ? Does HCL still support it ? Can they port it

It sucked, and HCL seems to have (sensibly) abandoned it.

> to Linux or release it as OSS ? Is it worthwhile in the sense of
> being a new UI or is it just another WM ? Just a thaught ... 

It was a shell on top of win95 actually.  Just an over cute looking 
creeper with huge leaves.  These leaves were hyperlinks to MS 
Office, Games, Training (multimedia modules developed by NIIT) 
etc etc.  Basically a load of Bullshit.

Beanstalk is dead - and am hoping HCL does not resurrect it in any 
form.

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