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Palm To Purchase Be's IP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the odd-combination dept.

There's been a lot of rumours swirling around an imminent buyout of Be's IP given their current cash situation. But I wouldn't have thought of Palm as a potential suitor - but a story in the subscription only area of today's WSJ indicates it to be true. Hopefully a non-pay service will get the story soon - but looks like Palm is trying to beef up its software side, and wants to get some Be's engineers.Update: 08/16 02:16 PM by H :Looks like C|Net has the details - 11 million USD in Palm stock for the purchase of Be.

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  1. Apple by well_jung · · Score: 5, Funny
    So what will Apple do with Be when they buy Palm?

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    1. Re:Apple by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Funny

      And what will Disney do with all three of them?

  2. Wahoo! by Lally+Singh · · Score: 5, Funny

    So does this mean that we get SMP palms with little LED bargraphs on each side of the display for each CPU?

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  3. If a tree falls in the forest by SilentChris · · Score: 5, Funny

    If one failing company buys out another failing company, does it make a sound? :)

  4. Re:BeIA was the likely target by clontzman · · Score: 5, Funny
    But if Palm can combine BeIA with their own PalmOS, they could really give PocketPC a run for the market.

    Yeah, and if I can combine a bologna sandwich with a rocket ship, I won't fly to the moon hungry.

  5. Re:Gotta be for Palm OS 5.0... by Lars+T. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, I bet Palm bought Be so Palm won't be bought by Apple, beacause Jobs wouldn't be seen dead with Be.

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