Be Throws in the Towel

darrad writes: "ZDNet is reporting that 'Be, the failed maker of a computer operating system once considered a rival to Microsoft's Windows, said Monday it would dissolve itself on March 15 and delist from the Nasdaq stock market.'" The Be front page says the same, and explains that this is the natural conclusion of the company's sale of most of its property to Palm.

Comments

The Obligitory

[einer]

Was

How many "To Be or Not To Be?" Headlines?

[maggard]

That's the only question left.

Clever writers.

Re:How many "To Be or Not To Be?" Headlines?

[yesthatguy]

So, Descartes was walking down the street, and somebody asked him a stupid question to which he replied "I think not." *poof*

So Long

[Vishniac]

Dissolving? The ENTIRE company? All ONE employee? What will he do?

Isn't a requiem for Be a little late?

Move over BSD

[Chundra]

BeOS is dying.

though...

[simpl3x]

they were a worthy competitor, microsoft will be picking itself up, dusting off the scratches and bruises, and moving on to try and win the desktop. it's a tough business and only stronger competitors lay in its future. apple, i guess, is next, or next is apple!??

Rival to windows?

[AndyChrist]

More like a rival to Amiga. Except with less software.

Re:So long...

[Anonymous Coward]

Let this be a lesson to everyone who will ever wake up one morning and exclaim:

"Zut Alors! I sink I will make an operating systeme zat looks outrrrrrrrageously gay!"

Be

[Sarlok]

Well, I guess they failed to live up to their name. Perhapy they should name their next company Might Be.

Re:Be

[TheShadow]

Or maybe instead of folding the company, they should just rename it to Was, Inc.

Re:Be

[Anonymous Coward]

Beware the cool and mighty WasOS!

The Oblig*a*tory Grammar/Spelling Correction

[Onionesque]

I think, grammatically, "Have Been" would be a better fit, though "Has Been" has a certain ring, too.

Re:Be a rival to Microsoft's Windows?

[Our Man In Redmond]

As far as I can tell, they were a rival to Microsoft Windows in much the same way that I am a rival for the affections of Natalie Portman.

Re:Be a rival to Microsoft's Windows?

[Cid Highwind]

Microsoft considered them a contender, they even said so in court! And you know MS lawyers would never lie to a judge :-)

I think the only people who ever said Be was a serious competitor to Windows were the ones trying to prove Windows wasn't a monopoly.

Yeah, but...

[bill_mcgonigle]

the towel is really a database and you can set user-defined attributes on the towel. The towel is also built from the ground-up to support SMP, has very low latency, and a well thought-through user interface.

(the sound of Be's second CPU being unchecked)

Re:Maybe those with hope in YellowTab will wake up

[__past__]

a Free Be

I always thought they would have been more successful if they changed their name to "Beer".

Name change.

[Picass0]

Now we can call it "Been".

Farewell, Be

[Greyfox]

From now on, we'll only hear about you in "They're making a come-back" stories like the Amiga and OS/2 ones that make their rounds about every six months to a year.

To that end, I'd like to start the rumor now that Be, Amiga and IBM are teaming up to make AmBeOS/2, which will feature a telepathic user interface, 128 bit memory access, and an AI module that actually does your thinking for you.

Re:The lawsuit is still on

[jazman_777]

Now, that's what I call fighting to the last breath (and beyond). Three cheers for Be.

It's a Zombie. Can't kill it now.

Re:Be a rival to Microsoft's Windows?

[heinsj]

"...I am a rival for the affections of Natalie Portman." You too!