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