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 Rude Turnip on Wed 5th May 2004 15:40 UTC

Be sold BeOS to Palm because Palm needed the multimedia capabilities of BeOS and the know-how of its engineers. Be had nothing to lose as the OEM desktop market was locked out at the time.

A more pressing question I have: Palm, if it is doing its job of protecting its IP, must surely know of this project and others. Has Palm contacted any of the developers of the rogue BeOS distros?