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BeBox? BeOS? Just Be (9/25/97)
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Be, the up-and-coming contender in the desktop OS match, has been wooing developers with sweet words for a while now-- and backing up those words with action. AtAT staff attended the last Be Developers' Conference, and we can tell you that droves of soon-to-be-ex-Mac developers were swooning before the promise of a totally modern, fully multithreaded OS that runs on PPC and Intel-- one that is written by dedicated, focused programmers that listen to developer feedback and respond quickly to suggestions and bug reports. And one that is being given away by its creators (at least initially) to increase market share.

Ask any Macintosh programmer how they feel about Apple's developer relations, and they'll probably laugh in your face. The boys in Cupertino are not well-known for keeping their developers happy. In fact, Apple seems to lack everything that developers like about Be.

Be, on the other hand, seems to be doing everything right. And the latest right move is the addition of ex-Apple VP of Developer Relations Heidi Roizen. Many Mac developers think that Heidi was the one bright spot in Apple's developer relations in recent years. One more reason to look at Be?

 
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The above scene was taken from the 9/25/97 episode:

September 25, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

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  • 21: Vaporware Systems (9/25/97)   Been saving your nickels and dimes for a blazingly-fast PowerMac 9600/350? The dream was not to be, friend... MacInsider has the exclusive-- the speedy Mach 5 model is due to be discontinued on October 10th...

  • 23: NC? Not Cwite... (9/25/97)   Wow, do I even need to say it? Larry Ellison, the NC Poster Boy, had what might have been the worst day of his professional career on Tuesday. Techweb has the story. In a nutshell, pretend you're about to give a huge demo of how cool network computers are...

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