Comments on: Jean-Louis Gassee went all megalomaniac http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/ I'm feeling pretty good about myself right about now. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Anonymous http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-2944 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:01:39 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-2944 Lack of specs didn't stop LinuxPPC from reverse engineering the hardware. BeOS could have done the same, but instead chose to focus their efforts on x86 of PowerPC. Complaining about documentation was just their way to blame their crappy PPC support on Apple while completing their transition to x86. Lack of specs didn’t stop LinuxPPC from reverse engineering the hardware. BeOS could have done the same, but instead chose to focus their efforts on x86 of PowerPC. Complaining about documentation was just their way to blame their crappy PPC support on Apple while completing their transition to x86.

]]> by: Kun Xi http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-2912 Fri, 23 May 2008 22:38:10 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-2912 The fifth time, BeOS dies when Palm/PalmSource fail to deliver their flaghship vaporware, Palm OS6, aka Cobalt. The fifth time, BeOS dies when Palm/PalmSource fail to deliver their flaghship vaporware, Palm OS6, aka Cobalt.

]]> by: SlapsYouAroundWithFish http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-2000 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:45:33 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-2000 Microsoft exercised its monopoly to keep BeOS off supposedly open x86. I'm wondering how much they paid you after the fact to get you to establish a record that such a thing didn't happen. Insurance is always a good idea. Microsoft exercised its monopoly to keep BeOS off supposedly open x86. I’m wondering how much they paid you after the fact to get you to establish a record that such a thing didn’t happen. Insurance is always a good idea.

]]> by: arve http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-1219 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:04:47 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/11/04/jean-louis-gassee-went-all-megalomaniac/#comment-1219 Microsoft never saw BeOS as a threat. What killed BeOS was that Be was a company full of technologists without a viable business plan. Microsoft never saw BeOS as a threat.

What killed BeOS was that Be was a company full of technologists without a viable business plan.

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