Be Inc. was an American computer company that created and developed the BeOS and BeIA operating systems and the BeBox personal computer. It was founded in 1990 by the former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassee, who also served as chief executive, and was based in Menlo Park, California. The main intent of the company was to develop a new operating system using the C++ programming language on a proprietary hardware platform, and although the result received a mainly positive reception it had little commercial success. BeOS was first exclusive to the BeBox before being ported to the Power Macintosh and then to the Intel x86 architecture.
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October 1990
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Founded By: Steve Sakoman, Article body: founded-by
Be was founded by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassée in 1990 with Steve Sakoman (with capital from Seymour Cray) after being ousted by Apple CEO John Sculley.
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Be Inc. was an American computer company that created and developed the BeOS and BeIA operating systems, and the BeBox personal computer.
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