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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.

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  1. You can still get it ... by NWT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a link for those who still want to try it ;)

    http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/system/other/beospe.exe

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  2. The lawsuit is still on by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the latest press release:

    "Be will continue to exist for three years after the dissolution becomes effective ... solely for the purposes of prosecuting and defending lawsuits (including but not limited to pursuing its antitrust case against Microsoft)..."

  3. Re:Lawsuit? by filtrs · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the statement:

    Pursuant to Delaware law, Be will continue to exist for three years after the dissolution becomes effective or for such longer period as the Delaware Court of Chancery shall direct, solely for the purposes of prosecuting and defending lawsuits (including but not limited to pursuing its antitrust case against Microsoft), settling and closing its business in an orderly manner, disposing of any remaining property, discharging its liabilities and distributing to its stockholders any remaining assets, but not for the purpose of continuing any business. In accordance with the plan of dissolution, after payment in full of all claims finally determined to be due, Be will make distributions of any remaining assets (including assets acquired after the record date), if any, only to stockholders of record as of the record date.

    (Also, see my post above :) )

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  4. Re:Niches by SEE · · Score: 4, Informative
    Er, Steve wasn't even at Apple. He was at NeXT. And you know where NeXT OS is now? It's called MacOS X.