Left Behind: A BeOS and Be Incorporated Post-Mortem

Interesting read from Derek of Mac Folklore Radio

Combating the popular notion that BeOS and Be Incorporated failed mostly at the hands of Microsoft, this article will examine other factors that contributed to Be’s downfall including a small development team, underfunding, product maturity, events in the wider computer industry, a paucity of third party developers and applications, and timing.

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BTW, thanks to this article, lots of links to archived web info related to Be Inc. and BeOS.
With, in particular, these mirrors of old Be Inc; websites:

Classic version of www.be.com

Last version of www.be.com

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