Be has left the building
Friday, August 17, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
After years of almost being a major player, OS vendor BeOS has hung it up. They've been sold for $11 million (in stock) to Palm. Ironically, Be turned down a $125 million offer from Apple some years ago (doh!). It is believed that Palm will possibly use Be as a potential PDA OS. The desktop OS future looks grim though.
Jafo
Reply #2 Friday, August 17, 2001 10:50 AM
Reply #2 Friday, August 17, 2001 10:50 AM
Yes....it IS sad.....there were a lot of people just waiting patiently for more apps/hardware compatabilities....and it would have taken off.....;(
DaWebMassa
Reply #3 Friday, August 17, 2001 10:53 AM
Reply #3 Friday, August 17, 2001 10:53 AM
The same thing happened to OS/2 which was a WAY better OS than Windows. Too much of this industry is reliant on marketing tactics and the old "it's who ya know" problem.
paxx
Reply #4 Friday, August 17, 2001 11:32 AM
Reply #4 Friday, August 17, 2001 11:32 AM
Wow... sad indeed.
But potentially good news for Palm computer users though. It would be totally cool to have BeOS on my Palm device! Wheew!
But potentially good news for Palm computer users though. It would be totally cool to have BeOS on my Palm device! Wheew!
GypC
Reply #5 Friday, August 17, 2001 3:29 PM
Reply #5 Friday, August 17, 2001 3:29 PM
C++ bites it. BeOS and Windows are just so obtuse in all their multi-threaded / embedded object glory. Give me a good old Unix or Lisp system any day 
. Not that anyone makes a LispOS anymore... *sigh*.
. Not that anyone makes a LispOS anymore... *sigh*.
craeonics
Reply #6 Friday, August 17, 2001 6:27 PM
Reply #6 Friday, August 17, 2001 6:27 PM
Technological superiority has little to do with commercial success. v2000 and BetaMax lost to VHS after all. I don't know how BeOS positioned itself actually, all the *nix variants are targeted towards research, network and critical markets, Windows targets the home user and businesses, while Apple traditionally targets the graphics sector. So where could BeOS possibly fit in?
Larry Kuperman
Reply #8 Friday, August 17, 2001 9:05 PM
Reply #8 Friday, August 17, 2001 9:05 PM
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ PALM) ended today at $4.14 per share. On 11/3/00 a share of PALM was worth $67.38. The day that PALM announced it was buying Be, the head of the Operating Systems unit, Alan Kessler, resigned. I don't see the acquisition of Be helping Palm.
paxx
Reply #9 Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:27 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:27 PM
I can see why the OS guy would quit after Palm purchased one of the best OS on the market... Ya know, I'd take it personal too. 
Anyway. I'd love to have BeOS on my Palm device.
Anyway. I'd love to have BeOS on my Palm device.
fLithm
Reply #10 Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:45 AM
Reply #10 Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:45 AM
C++ bites it 
) Makes sense coming from someone who thinks multi-threading is obtuse.
) Makes sense coming from someone who thinks multi-threading is obtuse.Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
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Reply #1 Friday, August 17, 2001 10:05 AM