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Be Buyout Looms Closer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what's-around-the-corner dept.

Xaroth writes "The Register is reporting that Be, Inc. has found a buyer. For those that haven't followed Be's progress lately, they also eliminated about a third of their workforce on Tuesday (28 positions), consisting mainly of their sales and marketing departments, but that number also includes some of their development staff. The Register claims that these layoffs are part of the buyout agreement. While an official statement hasn't been made by Be, Inc., the suspected "Mystery Buyer" is either Sony or Palm. Be's stock was up as much as 40% today at the news. I hope whoever buys them (if this holds true) continues development for the desktop--'twould be a shame to let such wonderful technology go to waste."

6 of 268 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Where are all the anti-GPL, anti-Linux trolls n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and it's still a better desktop OS than Linux.

  2. Speculation by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll place bets on Palm as the mystery buyer... everyone knows they need a new OS and Be would be an excellent OS for the nextgen palm devices!

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  3. Their "wonderful technology" won't get wasted by Pac · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will serve as the basis for the MacOS B, whose development will start in aproximatelly 5 years, as soon as Jean-Louis regains the Apple CEO post.
    :))

    (as a side note, I really, really wonder how much revenue have the late sales and marketing departments bougth into the company).

  4. Re:No job security for sales and marketing. by interiot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but of all the professions, sales and marketing people know how to bullshit the best, so it should be the easiest for them to find new jobs.

  5. My plan to save the company... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Rename the product to Be Yummy Operating Comforting Hipubub.... BE YOCH!!!!! for short.

    It will soon become the operation system of choice amongst inner cities. Everyone knows that cool products sell!

  6. Is it AOL? by scoove · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see how AOL was glossed over (QUICK - SHORT!). Here's five contributions to a "top ten list" of why AOL is the likely acquirer:

    1. They confused GEOS with BEOS and thought they had to buy it all over again.
    2. What else do you do with all that cash piling up from the recent rate increases?
    3. Albania wasn't for sale.
    4. Case heard Gasse was from Apple and he wanted some pretty graphics for the cover of his next book.
    5. It's Netscape all over again, baby!

    *scoove*