Newsgroup: it.comp.hardware.palmari
Titolo: Palm compra Be!!!

Palm compra Be
http://www.be.com/press/pressreleases/01-08-16_assetsale.html
Chissa se avra' qualche positiva conseguenza sulle future versioni del
Palm OS e di Be OS...
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Il 17:25, venerdì 17 agosto 2001, sconvolto dai fumi dell'alcool, TurboBlix 
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Trovi qualche info di piu' qui:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=2236&MODE=FLAT#19394
Uno stralcio dall'articolo:
Palm Buying Be, Inc.
Posted by: Ed on Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:56:59 AM
Palm, Inc. and Be Incorporated have just announced that Palm is going to 
buy the intellectual property and technology assets of Be. Palm is also 
trying to hire Be's engineering team. The price is $11 million, to be paid 
in Palm stock, following approval from Be shareholders. 
"The technology and people from Be are highly regarded,'' said Carl 
Yankowski, Palm chief executive officer. "We look forward to them joining 
forces with our own outstanding engineers on future versions of the Palm 
OS. This move will help us expand the PalmOS platform into broader markets 
using their multimedia media and Internet expertise.''
Recently, Be developed an embedded operating system called the BeIA, for 
Internet appliances.  It found only one customer, Sony, who is using it in 
their iVilla.  The company has officially been looking for a buyer for 
about a month. 
Be's real strength is in their experience with multimedia.  With Palm's 
switch to much more powerful ARM based chips for OS 5, they will be making 
much more multimedia-capable handhelds and Be's expertise will certainly 
help the development process.. 
Be Chief Executive Officer Jean-Louis Gassee will stay on for a while to 
assist Palm in integrating the two companies. "I look forward to working 
closely with Palm to integrate Be's technology and talent into the Palm 
Platform Solutions Group,'' he said. "The Be team moving to Palm is 
enthusiastic about collaborating on so many subjects of mutual strength and 
devotion -- superior operating system software, attention to end users and 
the high value our people place on our developer community.'' 
He also will provide strategic advice related to the anticipated separation 
of the Palm Platform business from the Solutions Group. 
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 Fri, 17 Aug 2001 
23:25:37 +0200, turboblix...@CIPPALIPPAhotmail.com posted...
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|Palm compra Be
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http://www.be.com/press/pressreleases/01-08-16_assetsale.html
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|Chissa se avra' qualche positiva conseguenza sulle future versioni del
|Palm OS e di Be OS...
mah, per il palmos la vedo bene, sopratutto per il palmos 5. anche se 
sono un po' deluso, beia sara' una roba spaziale ma io speravo si 
accordassero con la qnx
per il beos comincio seriamente a vederla grigia purtroppo, se la palm 
taglia anche be ne risente (e beos era in second'ordine rispetto a beia 
gia' da parecchio afair)
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Su ZDNet c'e' un articolo in italiano.
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