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Be Buyout Looms Closer

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. bad by Petty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This may be good or bad actually..... fp?

  2. Re:HAHAHAHA FUCK Be! Let them die! by h4x0r-3l337 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Define "standar x86 box". I tried it, many times. It worked every time. I guess your scraped-together-from-Kmart-parts machine isn't as standard as you think it is.