Peachpit Press to release The BeOS Bible

Peachpit Press to release The BeOS Bible

RELEASED November 10, 1998

For more information contact:

Peachpit Press
Gary-Paul Prince , gary-paul@peachpit.com
510-524-2178 x116

Peachpit Press to release The BeOS Bible

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- November 10, 1998 -- Fast, elegant, powerful, and new, the Be operating system, like Linux, delivers workstation power on inexpensive desktop hardware. An OS you have to see to believe, it's designed to give digital artists and content creators who work with video, animation, graphics, audio, and Internet publishing unprecedented power and speed. Plus it's ready to go "out of the box" on both PowerPC and Intel platforms.

The BeOS Bible is the complete guide for this exciting new operating system, and the first book on Be written with non-programmers in mind. Like all books in the Peachpit Bible series, The BeOS Bible covers it all, from starting up to running servers. The expert authors, all intimately involved with Be, guide readers through the details with instructive explanations and graphics. The BeOs Bible includes:

everything you need to know to use, configure, print, network, and run applications on the BeOS

up-to-date coverage of the latest releases

a foreword by Jean Louis Gassee, CEO of Be, Inc.

more than 11 interviews with key Be engineers and collaborators

the most complete coverage of the BeOS available.

As part of Peachpit's bestselling Bible series, The BeOS Bible is sure to garner rave reviews and critical acclaim. To obtain a press copy, please contact Gary-Paul Prince at (510) 524-2178 x116 or email: gary-paul@peachpit.com

Scot Hacker is an author and journalist who has been publishing the BeOS Journal at ZDNet's BeHive (www.behive.com) since October, 1996. He's in constant communication with Be engineers and PR flaks, and uses the OS for his daily work, including Web site development, communications, audio-visual experimentation, and programming explorations.

Henry Bortman is a technical writer who has published over 50 feature articles on operating systems and new technologies for Macworld, MacUser, and other publications. Bortman is also the author of Be's Human Interface Guidelines.

Chris Herborth is a technical writer, programmer, and the only person outside of Be, Inc. to win a BeOS Masters Award for Outstanding Contributions in software. Chris is the technical editor of the BeOS Bible and author of the chapter on scripting.

The BeOS Bible

by Scot Hacker with Henry Bortman and Chris Herborth

scheduled release date:12/28/98 ISBN 0-201-35377-6 price: $34.99

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.