There's a woman speaking at a local CHI event here tonight whose UX career started at Be, Inc. If you don't remember Be, it was an alternative operating system and hardware platform started in the early 90s, by ex Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassée. Be eventually became one of the options considered to replace Apple's OS at the time (Next was the other option).
Reading up on the Be's fate on Wikipedia, this tidbit on Be's name was mentioned: "According to several sources including Macworld UK, the company name "Be" had its origin in a conversation between Gassée and Be co-founder Steve Sakoman. Gassée originally thought the company should be called "United Technoids Inc.", but Sakoman disagreed and said he would start looking through the dictionary for a better name. A few days later, when Gassée asked if he had made any progress, Sakoman replied that he had got tired and stopped at "B." Gassée said, "Be is nice. End of story." :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
