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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: BEOS | |
| Industry | Computer hardware Computer software |
| Founded | c. October 1990 |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | March 15, 2002[1] |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States[2] |
Key people | Jean-Louis Gassée (CEO) |
| Products | BeOS, BeBox, BeIA |
Number of employees | 98 (as of 1998)[3] |
| Website | be.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 9, 2001) |
Be Inc. was an American computer company that created and developed the BeOS and BeIA operating systems, and the BeBox personal computer.[4] It was founded in 1990 by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassée, who also served as the company's CEO, and was based in Menlo Park, California.
The company's main intent was to develop a new operating system using the C++ programming language on a proprietary hardware platform; although the result received a mainly positive reception, it had little commercial success. BeOS was initially exclusive to the BeBox before being ported to the Power Macintosh and then to the Intel x86 architecture. After a stint in Internet appliances with BeIA, Be's assets were purchased by Palm, Inc. in 2001.
- ^ "Be Inc. Is not to be".
- ^ San Jose, California before c. 1995. Mountain View, California during its non-operational dissolution after 2002.
- ^ "Should you be in on be Inc.'s IPO?".
- ^ "The Register". The Register. 2002-02-03. Archived from the original on 2002-02-03. Retrieved 2023-11-23.