The Be Challenge: Zero-cost BeOS for OEMs 171
Thorbjorn Jemander
wrote in
(as an update on a previous story) to tell us that Jean-Louis Gassée, CEO of Be Inc
is
offering BeOS at zero-cost to any OEM that will install
BeOS completely on its PCs: BeOS must be a boot option or
launchable from the other OS, something that Microsoft
apparently prohibits. He does not expect OEMs will take up
the offer because they will not want to lose Microsoft's
Windows Rebate. His argument also applies to Linux: Despite
the slew of announcements that Tier-1 manufacturers were
going to sell computers pre-installed with Linux, it's revealing
to see that the computers discussed were either servers, or
in the case of IBM, PCs on which Linux is installed by the
reseller (not IBM).
News.com also reported on this Thomas wonders if this offer will provide
the DOJ with unrefutable proof of Microsoft's monopoly.
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