| Power Computing Licenses the BeOS | |
| RELEASED NOVEMBER 26, 1996 For more information contact Be, Inc.: Power Computing: | |
| POWER COMPUTING AND BE, INC. SIGN LICENSING DEAL TO BUNDLE BE OS ON POWER COMPUTING'S POWERPC-BASED MACINTOSH SYSTEMS Addition of High-Peformance, State-of-the-Art Operating System Will Benefit Customers Seeking Powerful Tools for Multimedia and Communication, Content and Creation
(ROUND ROCK, Texas) November 26, 1996 -Power Computing Corporation, the leading MacOS systems vendor, and Jean-Louis Gassée's Be, Incorporated, today announced that beginning in the first quarter of 1997, all Power Computing systems will ship with the Be Operating System (BeOS) in addition to the Macintosh Operating System. The BeOS will provide Power Computing's customers with a powerful and rich tool that accomodates a growing number of cutting-edge multimedia and communications-based applications without forcing users to make additional hardware investments. The BeOS offers advanced features such as high-peformance, symmetric multiprocessing, preemptive multitasking, multithreading as well as object-oriented design. The BeOS was first demonstrated publically as a technology on a Power Computing system at Macworld Boston in August, 1996. "Power Computing has earned a strong reputation by providing leading-edge PowerPC systems to meet the needs of today's growing digital media market," said Steve Kahng, chairman and CEO of Power Computing. "With the addition of the BeOS to our offering, Power Computing customers will now have the option of utilizing the remarkable power and performance of the BeOS along with Power Computing's already world-class systems." "Power Computing is an ideal partner because we are after customers that are pushing the envelope in media and content creation and Power Computing is the company that is pushing the envelope in PowerPC system design" said Jean-Louis Gassée, CEO of Be, Inc. "Power Computing has moved to the forefront of the PowerPC system space, and we're excited to work with them." As part of the agreement announced today, the two companies will work together to ensure that the BeOS will run on all Power systems, including PowerTower Pro, PowerTower, PowerCenter and PowerBase systems. The BeOS will be bundled at no additonal charge for customers purchasing Power Computing systems and will come on a bootable CD-ROM. While contract specifics were not announced today, both companies indicated that specifics including available applications and utilities would be announced formally at the upcoming Macworld Expo San Francisco in January, 1997. Power Computing will make the BeOS available at no charge to customers ordering and receiving systems between now and the date of first ship of the BeOS. Existing Power Computing customers will be able to purchase the BeOS directly from Be's worldwide website. The companies added that the announcement should serve as a clear signal to the software development community that there will be a large and growing number of BeOS seats starting in the first quarter of 1997. In addition, both Kahng and Gassee indicated that they are enthused about both the quality and number of software developers currently in the process of porting and writing new and exisiting applications to the BeOS on the PowerPC MacOS platform. | |
| About Power Computing Power Computing is the first and only Mac OS system provider to offer custom-configurable systems personalized to the needs of each user. Power Computing, a privately-held corporation, manufactures and markets a full line of award-winning, competitively-priced Mac OS-based systems. Chosen by Apple as the first licensed manufacturer of Mac-compatibles, Power Computing was created in 1993 with a single focus - create a worldclass systems company focused on increasing the overall size of the Mac OS market by providing more choices, more service and more affordability. For more information, contact Power Computing Corporation, 2555 North Interstate 35, Round Rock, Texas 78664, (800) 999-7279, (512) 388-6868, Fax: (512) 388-6798, Email: info@powercc.com, World Wide Web: http://www@powercc.com. | |
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