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<TITLE>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER>发信人:&nbsp;linuxrat&nbsp;(叫我老鼠错不了),&nbsp;信区:&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>标&nbsp;&nbsp;题:&nbsp;Be&nbsp;goes&nbsp;pub,&nbsp;but&nbsp;doubts&nbsp;persist&nbsp;about&nbsp;its&nbsp;future&nbsp;<BR>发信站:&nbsp;BBS&nbsp;水木清华站&nbsp;(Thu&nbsp;Dec&nbsp;30&nbsp;18:23:41&nbsp;1999)&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hoho~~~~&nbsp;Happy&nbsp;hacking....what?&nbsp;Of&nbsp;course&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&nbsp;should&nbsp;Be.&nbsp;:)))&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;____________________________________________________________________&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be&nbsp;goes&nbsp;public,&nbsp;but&nbsp;doubts&nbsp;persist&nbsp;about&nbsp;its&nbsp;future&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;Kanellos&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stephen&nbsp;Shankland&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Staff&nbsp;Writers,&nbsp;CNET&nbsp;News.com&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;July&nbsp;20,&nbsp;1999,&nbsp;1:05&nbsp;p.m.&nbsp;PT&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating&nbsp;system&nbsp;developer&nbsp;Be&nbsp;Incorporated&nbsp;launched&nbsp;its&nbsp;initial&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public&nbsp;offering&nbsp;today,&nbsp;but&nbsp;some&nbsp;wonder&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;company's&nbsp;too&nbsp;late&nbsp;to&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;party.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be's&nbsp;stock&nbsp;opened&nbsp;at&nbsp;6&nbsp;and&nbsp;edged&nbsp;up&nbsp;2.06&nbsp;on&nbsp;its&nbsp;first&nbsp;day&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;trading,&nbsp;but&nbsp;software&nbsp;developers&nbsp;and&nbsp;analysts&nbsp;say&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;company's&nbsp;window&nbsp;of&nbsp;opportunity&nbsp;to&nbsp;become&nbsp;a&nbsp;force&nbsp;in&nbsp;computing&nbsp;may&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;already&nbsp;be&nbsp;closed.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;status&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;company's&nbsp;operating&nbsp;system,&nbsp;the&nbsp;BeOS,&nbsp;as&nbsp;an&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;alternative&nbsp;to&nbsp;operating&nbsp;systems&nbsp;from&nbsp;Microsoft&nbsp;or&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;Computer&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;has&nbsp;largely&nbsp;been&nbsp;supplanted&nbsp;by&nbsp;Linux.&nbsp;Be's&nbsp;main&nbsp;target&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;market--operating&nbsp;systems&nbsp;for&nbsp;so-called&nbsp;Internet&nbsp;appliances&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TV&nbsp;set-top&nbsp;boxes--is&nbsp;competitive&nbsp;and&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;nonexistent&nbsp;so&nbsp;far.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;profits,&nbsp;partners,&nbsp;customers,&nbsp;and&nbsp;support&nbsp;from&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;software&nbsp;developers&nbsp;also&nbsp;remain&nbsp;elusive.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;More&nbsp;from&nbsp;CNET&nbsp;Investor&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quotes&nbsp;delayed&nbsp;20+&nbsp;minutes&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;The&nbsp;technology&nbsp;is&nbsp;fine,&nbsp;but&nbsp;it's&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;late,&quot;&nbsp;said&nbsp;Lou&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mazzuchelli,&nbsp;an&nbsp;analyst&nbsp;with&nbsp;Gerard&nbsp;Klauer&nbsp;Mattison.&nbsp;&quot;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;with&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;off-the-beaten-path&nbsp;OSes,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;go&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with&nbsp;Linux.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be,&nbsp;he&nbsp;added,&nbsp;has&nbsp;&quot;a&nbsp;very&nbsp;tough&nbsp;road&nbsp;ahead&nbsp;of&nbsp;them.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;look&nbsp;at&nbsp;Be's&nbsp;opening&nbsp;price&nbsp;provides&nbsp;argument&nbsp;for&nbsp;both&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;detractors.&nbsp;The&nbsp;stock&nbsp;rose&nbsp;to&nbsp;8.5&nbsp;a&nbsp;share&nbsp;by&nbsp;11:30&nbsp;a.m.&nbsp;PT,&nbsp;2.5&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;opening&nbsp;price.&nbsp;But&nbsp;Be&nbsp;had&nbsp;originally&nbsp;planned&nbsp;an&nbsp;opening&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;price&nbsp;between&nbsp;8&nbsp;to&nbsp;10.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Risky&nbsp;business&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be&nbsp;was&nbsp;founded&nbsp;in&nbsp;1990&nbsp;by&nbsp;former&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;executive&nbsp;Jean-Louis&nbsp;Gass閑&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as,&nbsp;essentially,&nbsp;an&nbsp;alternative&nbsp;to&nbsp;Apple.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Be&nbsp;system&nbsp;stressed&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ease&nbsp;and&nbsp;multimedia.&nbsp;Demonstrations&nbsp;of&nbsp;BeOS&nbsp;prototypes&nbsp;became&nbsp;a&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;standard,&nbsp;and&nbsp;often&nbsp;well-attended,&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;many&nbsp;technology&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;conferences&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;mid-1990s.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;1996,&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;attempted&nbsp;to&nbsp;negotiate&nbsp;a&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;of&nbsp;Be,&nbsp;but&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;discussions&nbsp;foundered&nbsp;over&nbsp;price.&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;eventually&nbsp;chose&nbsp;to&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;Next&nbsp;Software,&nbsp;which&nbsp;was&nbsp;run&nbsp;and&nbsp;part-owned&nbsp;by&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cofounder&nbsp;Steve&nbsp;Jobs,&nbsp;for&nbsp;$400&nbsp;million,&nbsp;far&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;the&nbsp;company&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;was&nbsp;offering&nbsp;Be.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Since&nbsp;then,&nbsp;Be&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;developing&nbsp;its&nbsp;operating&nbsp;system&nbsp;and&nbsp;landing&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;some&nbsp;bundling&nbsp;deals&nbsp;with&nbsp;companies&nbsp;like&nbsp;Hitachi&nbsp;and&nbsp;Microworkz.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Outside&nbsp;investors&nbsp;include&nbsp;Intel.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;past&nbsp;February,&nbsp;the&nbsp;company&nbsp;offered&nbsp;to&nbsp;give&nbsp;its&nbsp;system&nbsp;free&nbsp;to&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;computer&nbsp;makers&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;condition&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;interface&nbsp;a&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consumer&nbsp;would&nbsp;see.&nbsp;Few&nbsp;takers&nbsp;arrived.&nbsp;In&nbsp;May,&nbsp;the&nbsp;company&nbsp;more&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;seriously&nbsp;began&nbsp;discussing&nbsp;the&nbsp;Net&nbsp;appliance&nbsp;market.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;company&nbsp;will&nbsp;issue&nbsp;six&nbsp;million&nbsp;shares&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;public&nbsp;offering&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;money&nbsp;for,&nbsp;among&nbsp;other&nbsp;tasks,&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;its&nbsp;sales&nbsp;and&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;research&nbsp;budgets&nbsp;and&nbsp;kicking&nbsp;off&nbsp;a&nbsp;&quot;Be&nbsp;Everywhere&quot;&nbsp;campaign,&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;according&nbsp;to&nbsp;filings&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;and&nbsp;Exchange&nbsp;Commission.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be&nbsp;frankly&nbsp;lays&nbsp;out&nbsp;the&nbsp;risks&nbsp;inherent&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;operating&nbsp;system&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;field&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;forms&nbsp;filed&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;SEC.&nbsp;Among&nbsp;other&nbsp;challenges,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;company&nbsp;states&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;compete&nbsp;against&nbsp;existing&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;institutions&nbsp;with&nbsp;greater&nbsp;technical,&nbsp;marketing,&nbsp;and&nbsp;financial&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;resources.&nbsp;Success&nbsp;depends&nbsp;upon&nbsp;gaining&nbsp;the&nbsp;support&nbsp;of&nbsp;software&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;developers,&nbsp;which&nbsp;may&nbsp;never&nbsp;occur.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Net&nbsp;appliance&nbsp;field&nbsp;looks&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;promising&nbsp;but&nbsp;may&nbsp;never&nbsp;completely&nbsp;take&nbsp;off.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;addition,&nbsp;the&nbsp;company&nbsp;states:&nbsp;&quot;We&nbsp;have&nbsp;only&nbsp;one&nbsp;product&nbsp;that&nbsp;may&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;never&nbsp;gain&nbsp;broad&nbsp;market&nbsp;acceptance.&quot;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;past&nbsp;three&nbsp;years,&nbsp;Be's&nbsp;revenue&nbsp;has&nbsp;climbed&nbsp;but&nbsp;so&nbsp;have&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;losses.&nbsp;In&nbsp;1998,&nbsp;revenues&nbsp;came&nbsp;to&nbsp;$1.2&nbsp;million,&nbsp;but&nbsp;net&nbsp;losses&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;totaled&nbsp;to&nbsp;$16.9&nbsp;million.&nbsp;For&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;quarter&nbsp;of&nbsp;1999,&nbsp;revenues&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;grew&nbsp;to&nbsp;$309,000,&nbsp;but&nbsp;losses&nbsp;came&nbsp;to&nbsp;$5.8&nbsp;million.&nbsp;Overall,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;company&nbsp;has&nbsp;accumulated&nbsp;debt&nbsp;of&nbsp;$54.6&nbsp;million.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Observers&nbsp;agree&nbsp;with&nbsp;Be's&nbsp;assessment&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;marketplace.&nbsp;Nearly&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;every&nbsp;software&nbsp;company&nbsp;is&nbsp;driving&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;still-emerging&nbsp;Net&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;appliance&nbsp;market&nbsp;with&nbsp;products&nbsp;that&nbsp;will,&nbsp;effectively,&nbsp;perform&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;similar&nbsp;functions.&nbsp;Inertia&nbsp;favors&nbsp;the&nbsp;existing&nbsp;powers.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;The&nbsp;problem&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;overlap&nbsp;between&nbsp;what&nbsp;they&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;are&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;and&nbsp;what&nbsp;Microsoft&nbsp;is&nbsp;doing,&quot;&nbsp;said&nbsp;Ashok&nbsp;Kumar,&nbsp;an&nbsp;<BR>
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