Be Makes Complete BeOS Available for Internet Download.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1997--Today Be, Inc. announced Internet download availability of the second public release of its ground-breaking operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , the BeOS Preview Release 2. Developers and users wishing to run the BeOS can now download an unrestricted version of the product free of charge from Be's web site at http://www.be.com/products/beos_download/ . "The BeOS was born of the Web," said Jean-Louis Gassee, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Be, Inc. "We designed the product to be compact and Internet-friendly. Making the complete BeOS available on the Internet is the next natural step in our company's, and our product's, evolution." The download version includes all the components needed to run the BeOS on a wide variety of PowerMacs and compatibles. Although the download is only 9 megabytes in size, this includes the complete core OS, an email client See e-mail program. , a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , personal web server, ftp client and server, telnet client and server, remote access capabilities, command line tools and demonstration applications. The downloadable version of the BeOS has been designed to be simple to install, and includes detailed instructions. In addition to this core OS package, there are seven supplemental packages, also available for free download: -0- -- Documentation Package User-level technical and product documentation, including the 200+ page BeOS User's Guide. -- Demo Apps Package Demonstration applications that ship on the BeOS CD. -- 2 Video/Graphics Goodies Packages Video and still image files to play with, and play on, the BeOS. -- MIDI MIDI in full Musical Instrument Digital Interface Protocol for transmission of musical data between digital components, such as synthesizers and a computer's sound card. MIDI uses 8-bit asynchronous serial transmission with a data rate of 31. Package A software MIDI synthesizer synthesizer Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance. , instrument files, and MIDI music files to turn the BeOS system into a musical instrument. -- Developer Package Metrowerks CodeWarrior for the BeOS, the Be Book programming documentation, and large amounts of sample code. -- Geek Package Command line tools for pros. -0- Availability & Pricing Customers wishing printed documentation and/or a complete BeOS CD can place orders on Be's web site at http://www.be.com/purchase/ordering/beos_order_form.html . Pricing is: -- $49.95 for the retail package which includes a printed user's guide and next two releases, on supported hardware, for free. -- $9.95 for the trial package which includes electronic documentation and no future releases. -0- For European orders, customers should visit http://www.BeEurope.com/English/BeOS/order.html, where they can order the two packages for FF380 and FF79 respectively, including sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. , for rapid local fulfillment. Future Releases BeOS Release 3 is expected in Q1 1998 and will be the first commercial release to support both Intel Architecture and PowerPC systems. While the main thrust for Release 3 is support for Intel Architecture machines, it will also feature a number of other enhancements including significant performance boosts with support for 3D hardware acceleration In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal (general purpose) CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and and 100 Megabit Ethernet. About Be Be, Inc., founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis Gassee, is a software company focusing on building new foundations In mathematical logic, New Foundations (NF) is an axiomatic set theory, conceived by Willard Van Orman Quine as a simplification of the theory of types of Principia Mathematica. for the next generation of digital content and media design tools. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe, the company is dedicated to removing the limitations of existing computer architectures and delivering a new level of price performance. In 1997, Be is publishing the first public releases of the Be Operating System (BeOS), the core product of this strategy. Additional information on Be and the BeOS is available online at http://www.be.com/ . Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif. -0- Note to Editors: Be is a registered trademark, and BeOS, the Be logo, and the BeOS logo are trademarks of Be, Inc. Other brand product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All rights reserved. CONTACT: Be, Inc. Alex Osadzinski, 650/462-4126 (U.S. and Pacific) alex@be.com Jean Calmon, (33) 1 49 06 73 75 (Europe) jean@beeurope.com |
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