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    In 1999, BeOS was called a "modern" operating system aimed at Pentiums and PowerPCs and focusing on multimedia and the Internet.
    But BeOS suffered a major lacking -- no major commercial software for the platform. There was no Microsoft Office for BeOS, no Norton Utilities, no Corel Draw, no McAfee Anti-Virus. There were no major games, either.
    Without major commercial software support, even the best of operating systems can't survive.
    One of the things that hurt BeOS most was the "attitude" of some of the programs featured. There were some programs that when the credits dialog was opened, instead of a professional listing of credits it would show a name and the closing button would say "Big Deal" instead of a standard "OK." Other program credit dialogs would have curt phrases such as, "Someone told me to write a program to do this so I did." Unprofessional diatribes like these gave BeOS as a whole the appearance of being a collaboration of undisciplined children.
    Antics like these have also been found in some OS/2 programs, and look what happened to it.
    Be was unable to sucessfully market BeOS so it was put up for sale. Palm, maker of those little PDA's, acquired BeOS.

BeOS 4.5.2
Copyright Š 1999 Be, Inc.
BeOS is like the "Amiga" of the PC world. It is an independent operating system that embraces the "digital age" with programs for the Internet, graphics, multimedia and more. It can run on multiple-processor computers, has pre-emptive multi-tasking, is multi-threaded, and uses asynchronous, reply-based message passing. It uses virtual memory, has a journaled 64-bit file system, allows for add-ons and plug-ins, and has dymamic loading of device drivers eliminating the need for rebooting before they can be used. BeOS has a fast boot time, is stable and has the GNU utilities integrated into it. BeOS also has a built-in programming environment to write custom programs. There is also a small, graphical menu "Deskbar." BeOS also integrates its Netpositive browser into their system, has built-in e-mail, Telnet and Web publishing. It also has a flight simulator game and originally retailed for US$70.00.

This version was released on CD-ROM.
Total install size: ~ 100MB

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