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Be Inc.: History, Legacy, Measurement & Companies

Be Inc. was an American computer company that created and developed the BeOS and BeIA operating systems, and the BeBox personal computer. It was founded in 1990 by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassée, who also served as the company's CEO, and was based in Menlo Park, California.

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Be Inc. topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Legacy, Measurement and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Be Inc..

Related topics
55
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
58
Extracted relationships
62
Related term clusters
24
Bridge connections
58

What this topic covers Research coverage

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History · 37 topics
Overview · 15 topics
Legacy · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Founded
c. October 1990; 35 years ago (1990-10)
Industry
Computer hardware Computer software
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California, United States
Defunct
March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)
Fate
Dissolved
Founder
Jean-Louis Gassée · Steve Sakoman

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Overview

History

Legacy

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How Be Inc. connects Entity context

The extracted context around Be Inc. shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Be Inc. → August, Be Inc, Be's, BeOS, CEO Gassée, Compaq, Inc, Internet, IPO, Japanese-based ACCESS, Joining, Microsoft, Microsoft's, November, OEMs, Palm, Palm OS, PalmSource, September, The Be Another extracted example is Be Inc. → Apple, Apple Computer's Power Macs, Be Inc, BeBox, BeOS, Hitachi, In July, Intel, Macintosh, Microsoft, Nasdaq, OEM, OEMs, PackageBuilder, Power Computing, SoftwareValet, StarCode Software, The BeOS. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Be Inc.

Top relations

related to Dissolution and litigation · 21
Be Inc. → August, Be Inc, Be's, BeOS, CEO Gassée, Compaq, Inc, Internet, IPO, Japanese-based ACCESS, Joining, Microsoft, Microsoft's, November, OEMs, Palm, Palm OS, PalmSource, September, The Be
related to After BeBox · 18
Be Inc. → Apple, Apple Computer's Power Macs, Be Inc, BeBox, BeOS, Hitachi, In July, Intel, Macintosh, Microsoft, Nasdaq, OEM, OEMs, PackageBuilder, Power Computing, SoftwareValet, StarCode Software, The BeOS
related to Change of focus · 10
Be Inc. → Be Inc, BeIA, BeOS, CES, Compaq, February, Hitachi, Internet, Sony, Version
Founder · 2
Be Inc. → Jean-Louis Gassée, Steve Sakoman
Defunct · 1
Be Inc. → March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)
Fate · 1
Be Inc. → Dissolved
Founded · 1
Be Inc. → c. October 1990; 35 years ago (1990-10)
Headquarters · 1
Be Inc. → Menlo Park, California, United States
Industry · 1
Be Inc. → Computer hardware Computer software
Key people · 1
Be Inc. → Jean-Louis Gassée (CEO)

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Important terminology

beos inc company bebox gassée computer operating beia apple system software hardware 1990 would also palm company's ceo sakoman microsoft

Be Inc. relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 62 structured relationships around Be Inc.. Examples in this analysis include Be Inc. → Defunct → March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15) and Be Inc. → Fate → Dissolved. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Be Inc.DefunctMarch 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)1.00infobox
Be Inc.FateDissolved1.00infobox
Be Inc.Foundedc. October 1990; 35 years ago (1990-10)1.00infobox
Be Inc.FounderJean-Louis Gassée1.00infobox
Be Inc.FounderSteve Sakoman1.00infobox
Be Inc.HeadquartersMenlo Park, California, United States1.00infobox
Be Inc.IndustryComputer hardware Computer software1.00infobox
Be Inc.Key peopleJean-Louis Gassée (CEO)1.00infobox
Be Inc.Number of employees98 (as of 1998)1.00infobox
Be Inc.ProductsBeOS, BeBox, BeIA1.00infobox
Be Inc.Traded asNasdaq: BEOS1.00infobox
Be Inc.TypePublic1.00infobox
Be Inc.Websitebe.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 9, 2001)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Be Inc. bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Would, Operating and Assets. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • beos
    • Hardware
    • Company
    • Bebox
    • Software
    • Ported
    • Macintosh
    • Power
    • Due
    • Apple
    • Computer
    • Intel
    • Founded
  • bebox
    • Focus
    • Computer
    • Power
    • Beos
    • Beia
    • California
    • Intel
    • Jean-louis
    • Inc
    • Ceo
    • Dissolution
    • Founded
  • apple computer
    • Apple
    • Computer
    • Founded
    • Also
    • California
    • Jean-louis
    • Bebox
    • Ceo
    • Gassée
    • Macintosh
    • Os
    • Years
  • apple 'pink' os team
    • Computer
    • Also
    • Palm
    • California
    • Jean-louis
    • System
    • Ceo
    • Founded
    • Software
    • Gassée
    • Macintosh
    • Os
  • Be Inc.
    • Would
    • Operating
    • Assets
    • Be's
    • Focus
    • Public
    • Internet
    • Palm
    • System
    • Bebox
    • Dissolution
    • X86
  • be inc.
    • Would
    • Operating
    • Assets
    • Be's
    • Focus
    • Public
    • Internet
    • Palm
    • System
    • Bebox
    • Dissolution
    • X86
  • palm, inc.
    • Os
    • Would
    • Operating
    • Assets
    • Be's
    • Focus
    • Public
    • Internet
    • Palm
    • System
    • Bebox
    • Software
  • beia
    • Internet
    • Inc
    • Would
    • Bebox
    • Operating
    • Computer
    • California
    • Jean-louis
    • Assets
    • Be's
    • Ceo
    • Focus

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Be Inc., one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Be Inc. with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Be Inc. — History · splits 21 ⟂ 38
Be Inc. — Overview · splits 43 ⟂ 16
Be Inc. — Legacy · splits 55 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Be Inc.

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples62
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Be Inc. to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Legacy, Measurement & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Be Inc. · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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