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A quick look back at BeOS, the PC operating system that tried to challenge Windows and Mac (www.neowin.net)

submitted 10 months ago by d3Xt3r to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] wjrii@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I recall rumors that when it came to version 10 of Mac OS, Apple knew they needed outside help, and the choice came down to BeOS on the one hand, or NeXT (including ol' Stevie J) on the other.

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Apple was negotiating to buy Be, but they couldn’t agree on a price. The rumours were that Be was asking too much.

The Apple board also favoured NeXT, and the rest is history.