Be User Groups in the Pacific Rim and Asia

Here is the current list of Be users groups in the Pacific Rim and Asia, as well as other user groups that actively support Be users and developers. For more information, contact any of these groups directly via the links below.

Interested in starting a Be User Group? We have instructions for doing so on-line.

• Australia - Brisbane
  Group Name: BeMM
  A forum for developers and users in Australia and the surrounding region.
  Goal: The BUG's goals and interests include audio(MP3 and WAVE), networking and multimedia authoring and applications for Be OS.
  Primary contact: Pete Graham
  

• Australia -- Sydney
  Group Name: AUSTBUG
  Goal: Providing information and resources on the BeOS to the Australian community - especially throughout Sydney and NSW.
  Primary contact: Edward Cox
  URL: http://www.austbug.org.au/

• Australia -- Queensland
  Group Name: Downs BUG
  Goals: To try and win over people in the mulit-media, graphics, networking and SOHO fields.
  Primary contact: Andrew Tuxford
  URL: Not yet available.

• China -- Wuhan
  Group Name: BUG-CHINA
  Goal: Studying the possibility of producing new generation of computer which can combine the "Creation, work and recreation" together in one machine.
  Primary contacts: Hong Feng
  URL: http:/www.linkcorporation.com/index/ronsdata.html

• China -- Hong Kong
  Group Name: BeNE (Be Network Experimentation)
  Goal: Interested in experimenting with Intel machines running Be in a networked environment as file servers, as well as being used for IP Masquerading and other network areas.
  Primary contacts: Ross Hellings
  URL: http://www.hellz.com/

• India -- Bombay
  Group Name: BeBombay.
  Primary contact: Chirag Sanghavi
  Goals: Help BeUsers in India be successful in using BeOS URL: http://members.rediff.com/bebombay/index.htm

• Indonesia
  Group Name: Indonesia BUG
  Goal: To broaden our knowledge and get to the latest of multimedia. Consider BeOS the major platform replacing MacOS.
  Primary contact: Adinoto A. Kadir
  URL: not yet available

• Japan -- Okinawa
  Group Name: Oki-BUG
  Goal: To share BeOS with as many computing enthusiasts in Okinawa as possible.
  Primary contact: Kit Plummer
  URL: http://iosite.com/obug
• Japan -- Osaka
  Group Name: Be-IN
  Goal: This BUG is organized "for Beginners, by Beginners". Members are wanted to use help use the BeOS well by exchanging information about how to customize the BeOS and use BeWare. We will learn programming on the BeOS to make original BeWare in the future.
  Primary contacts: Satoshi Sekiguchi
  Tomoaki Takazawa
  URL: http://www.be-in.org
  

• Japan
  Group Name: Beat Japan
  Goal: A variety of people join our group. BeOS users who want to enjoy the BeOS, developers who want to make cute BeWares, and so on. We have many goals, one of which is to make a good relation between users and developers.
  Primary contact: Tetsuji Koyama and Toshihiro Kisaka
  Main Beat Japan email address: info@beatjapan.org
  URL: http://www.beatjapan.org/

• Korea - Seoul
  Group name: BeKrAge
  Goals: To provide information about the BeOS, and to support programmers who want to make BeOS applications. Primary contact: Lee Eunjin
  URL: http://www.bekrage.org

• Malaysia
  Group Name: MyBUG
  Goal: To enhance our skill in developing powerful Media Optimized Applications, Network/Internet Applications and Commercial Applications.
  Primary contact: N. Kumaresan
  URL: http://www.be.com.my

• Singapore
  Group name: SING-BUG
  Goal: To Promote awareness for the BeOS in Singapore.
  Primary contact: Thomas Ang URL: http://members.xoom.com/saclem/BeOs.htm
  http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~samoht

• Taiwan -- Taipei
  Group Name: BeHERE!
  Goal: To get the most advantages of BeOS and BeWare in traditional Chinese territory. Primary Contact: Hong Nain-Szu
  URL: http://www.bigfoot.com/~beos2

• Thailand -- Samutpakarn
  Group Name: TH-BUG
  Goal: To inform others in Thailand about the BeOS! Primary Contact: Somyos Udomnilobon
  E-mail: thbug@hotmail.com
  URL: http://welcome.to/thbug