With Google behind a significant proportion of the dev of Haiku; they may well be thinking of a "more potent" competitor to Chrome for different types of devices.
Haiku as a front end for day to day office uses? Yes please.
There's a gaping corner in the market for a wedge "bedroom computer" that just works, isn't too expensive, and runs games. Build it and we will come!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
