Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th May 2004 06:34 UTC
BeOS & Derivatives I am one of those remaining BeOS addicts. I love the BeOS' responsiveness, its short boot-up/shutdown times and its, well, overall feel. But no one can deny the fact: BeOS 5.0.x PE is getting old. Very old, with a kernel build-time of around May 2000.
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Re: Palm
by Anonymous on Wed 5th May 2004 15:08 UTC

> Why the heck did Palm buy BE anyways?

The correct question is: Why the heck did Be sell BeOS to Palm?

Because no other companies were available: Sony was the only other potential buyer but the eVilla experience was a complete technical failure and soon abandoned.

Don't also forget that Gassee has been in the past a member of the board of directors of 3com