To Be or not to Be

alternateorg on April 4, 2001

Rumor has it (from FuckedCompany, but I can’t find the story) the Be, inc is well, fucked. Laying off 25% of staff, and closing all European operations. Does anyone know if Jean-Louis Gassé is in France? Does that mean he’s laid off, too? Somehow, I doubt it, although it would probably be best for the platform, no? Maybe then the OS would run on PPC chips newer than 604s made in 1997.

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4 Replies to “To Be or not to Be”

  1. kiwiboy April 4, 2001 at 12:27 pm

    Dude,

    BeOS can’t run on new PPCs because Apple (Steve) won’t let them. Be was forced to abadon Mac hardware by Apple.

    Yes I am an Apple employee.

  2. kev April 4, 2001 at 6:38 pm

    What about the G3 can LinuxPPC figure out that Be couldn’t? I don’t get how Apple could just say ‘No, you can’t use our hardware.’

  3. kiwiboy April 4, 2001 at 12:27 pm

    Dude,

    BeOS can’t run on new PPCs because Apple (Steve) won’t let them. Be was forced to abadon Mac hardware by Apple.

    Yes I am an Apple employee.

  4. kev April 4, 2001 at 6:38 pm

    What about the G3 can LinuxPPC figure out that Be couldn’t? I don’t get how Apple could just say ‘No, you can’t use our hardware.’

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