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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."

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  1. 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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  2. 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).