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<p>RELEASED March 19, 1998<br />
For more information contact</p>
<p>In the U.S. and Pacific:<br />
Alex Osadzinski, <a href="mailto:alex@be.com">alex@be.com</a><br />
(650) 462-4126</p>
<p>In Europe:<br />
Jean Calmon, <a href="mailto:jcalmon@beeurope.com">jcalmon@beeurope.com</a><br />
(33) 1 49 06 73 75</p>
<p>BE SHIPS BEOS RELEASE 3 FOR INTEL PENTIUM PERSONAL COMPUTERS<br />
BE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE ATTENDEES RECEIVE BEOS RELEASE 3 TODAY</p>
<p>MENLO PARK, Calif (March 19, 1998) -- Be, Inc. announces today the shipment<br />
of the Be Operating System Release 3, the first version to run on Intel<br />
Pentium-based personal computers. The BeOS can be purchased via Be's<br />
Internet web site (<a href="http://www.be.com/" title="http://www.be.com/">http://www.be.com/</a>).</p>
<p>Simultaneous with this announcement, Be delivered retail copies of BeOS<br />
Release 3 to all attendees of today's Be Developer Conference in Santa<br />
Clara, California.</p>
<p>"With Release 3, we now run on both Intel and PowerPC platforms and<br />
naturally extend the market for our developers. We believe there is value<br />
in running multiple windows of 30 frames per second video combined with a<br />
dozen or more CD quality audio tracks, all at the same time." said<br />
Jean-Louis Gasse, CEO of Be. "Just as Linux is the specialty OS for the<br />
Internet, the BeOS is a specialty OS for digital video and audio, designed<br />
to run alongside general purpose OSes like Windows 95 and the Mac OS."</p>
<p>Be delivered three major releases of the operating system over the past<br />
year. The first public commercial release (Preview Release 1) was shipped<br />
in July, 1997. Preview Release 2 was delivered in October, 1997, and only 8<br />
months after the first release, Release 3 is now available to customers.</p>
<p>Since Preview Release 2, Be has passed these milestones:</p>
<p>* Three hundred new BeOS applications released.<br />
* Over twenty new applications are bundled with the PowerPC version,<br />
bringing the total number of bundled applications to sixty.<br />
* The number of registered Be developers jumped from 4,400 to 5,700.<br />
* More than one million copies of the BeOS distributed.</p>
<p>Availability and Pricing</p>
<p>The BeOS Release 3 for Intel Pentium systems is available for purchase via<br />
the Be Internet web site (<a href="http://www.be.com/" title="http://www.be.com/">http://www.be.com/</a>). The PowerPC version of the<br />
BeOS will be ready on April 20th, 1998 and will be automatically shipped to<br />
customers who elect to receive it.</p>
<p>Pricing:</p>
<p>* $99.95 in the US ($69.95 introductory pricing for a limited time)<br />
* FF700 (FF840.20 withVAT), in Europe/Africa/Eastern Europe (FF490<br />
(FF590.94 with VAT) introductory pricing for a limited time)</p>
<p>BeOS Release 3 includes both Intel Pentium and PowerPC versions -- 2 CDs<br />
and one floppy disk, and a printed user's guide.</p>
<p>Customers who purchased PowerPC versions of the BeOS Preview Release 1 or<br />
Preview Release 2 will receive Release 3 (both Intel Pentium and PowerPC<br />
versions) for free when the PowerPC version is available.</p>
<p>Registered Be Developers will be sent BeOS Release 3 beginning March 23rd.</p>
<p>Be plans to announce additional channels of distribution for the BeOS, as<br />
well as country-specific channels, over the next few months. Information on<br />
distribution and customer support can be found on Be's web site.</p>
<p>New Hardware Support. Hardware supported by the BeOS now includes many<br />
Intel Pentium, Pentium with MMX technology, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II<br />
based personal computers. Continued support for most PowerPC 603 or 604<br />
Power Macintosh compatible computers will be delivered with the PowerPC<br />
version of the BeOS on April 20th, 1998. The BeBox Dual 603 personal<br />
computer is also supported.</p>
<p>Installation and Boot Management. The Intel Pentium version of the BeOS<br />
includes PartitionMagic from PowerQuest to allow users to dynamically<br />
partition their hard drives and ease the entire BeOS installation process.<br />
In addition, PowerQuest provides boot management utilities allowing users<br />
to run a number of installed operating systems. The PowerPC version of the<br />
BeOS continues to ship with built in boot management tools.</p>
<p>User Interface Improvements. The BeOS user interface is the same on all<br />
hardware platforms. User interface improvements include more powerful find<br />
options, intelligent handling of unknown documents, additional scripting<br />
support, improved window management, and increased video resolutions.</p>
<p>Extended Internet Support. Networking in the BeOS is based upon the<br />
Internet standard TCP/IP protocol. The BeOS ships with an integrated,<br />
DOJ-approvedSM Internet web browser and server allowing you to view and<br />
publish web pages from the moment of installation. The bundled web server<br />
has an improved user interface to allow for quick configuration and better<br />
access tracking.</p>
<p>System Wide Data Translation Services. The BeOS includes the Translation<br />
Kit that allows developers to easily support many standard data types such<br />
as graphics (e.g. JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF etc...) and video. This kit is an<br />
open API allowing developers to provide additional add-on translation<br />
services. Developer tools like these reduce the time to market for BeOS<br />
application development.</p>
<p>About Be<br />
Be, Inc., founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis Gasse, is a software company<br />
focusing on building new foundations for the next generation of digital<br />
content and media design tools. With a team of industry-leading engineers<br />
and business executives in the United States and Europe, the company is<br />
dedicated to removing the limitations of existing computer architectures<br />
and delivering a new level of price performance. In 1997, Be published the<br />
first public releases of the Be Operating System (BeOS), the core product<br />
of this strategy. Additional information on Be and the BeOS is available<br />
online at <a href="http://www.be.com/" title="http://www.be.com/">http://www.be.com/</a>. Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park,<br />
California.</p>
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