Be Announces BeOS Demonstrations at SD'98
and March Be Developer Conference
Featuring New BeOS For Intel

RELEASED JANUARY 28, 1998

BE ANNOUNCES BEOS DEMONSTRATIONS AT SD'98
AND MARCH BE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE
FEATURING NEW BEOS FOR INTEL

MENLO PARK, Calif. (January 28, 1998) -- Be, Inc. announced today that it will demonstrate the BeOS at the Software Development '98 Conference February 10-12, 1998 in San Francisco. Be also announced that it will hold its next Be Developer Conference (BeDC) on March 19-20, 1998, at the Westin Hotel at the Santa Clara Convention Center in San Jose, California. At that conference, attendees will receive the first complete copies of the BeOS for Intel Pentium processors.

"We're approaching these events with strong emotions," said Jean-Louis Gassée, Chairman & CEO of Be, Inc. "We're very excited to be shipping the first release of the BeOS for Intel Pentium processors. And, like any proud parent, we're awaiting the reactions of application developers to our brand-new product."

The BeOS will be shown during the Software Development '98 Conference February 10-12, 1998 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center, North Hall, booth #454. The BeOS will be demonstrated running on Intel Pentium based PCs and Power Macs, with a variety of audio, video, image processing and document manipulation applications and development tools.

The BeDC in March is aimed at experienced developers from the Windows, UNIX and Mac OS communities, in addition to current BeOS developers. The conference features keynotes, and a dual track format with sessions on basic BeOS programming as well as advanced topics. There will also be sessions on bringing products to market and Internet-based distribution. An exhibition will feature BeOS development tools, applications, and books.

Attendees will receive the BeOS for Intel Pentium processors Release 3 and may also register to receive a free copy of the BeOS for Power Mac Release 3 when it ships in April, 1998. Further information, and online registration, can be found at http://www.be.com/developers/BeDC_info.html. [Webmaster's Note: this URL is obsolete]

During the conference, on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 9:00 am Be will hold a press conference in the Press Conference Room, exhibit floor, North Hall, Moscone Center, and will do a general demo of the BeOS for Intel Pentium processors. If you plan to attend this press conference please reply to: sylvie@be.com.

About Be

Be, Inc., founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis Gassée, is a software company focusing on building new foundations for the next generation of digital content and media design tools. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States and Europe, the company is dedicated to removing the limitations of existing computer architectures and delivering a new level of price performance.

In July 1997, Be published the first public release of the Be Operating System (BeOS), the core product of this strategy. Additional information on Be and the BeOS is available online at http://www.be.com/. Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.