For Palmed-Off BeOS fans, hope springs eternal

Be Inc shareholders have formally approved the transfer of key assets to Palm Inc. The deal was voted through yesterday and, realistically, only a board coup stands in the way of the transfer taking place. But over at BeUnited, campaigners are hopeful that they can catch the great BeOS operating system should it be dropped in the resulting shake-out. BeOS has been neglected for eighteen months and is unwanted by Palm — which have paid for the engineers, not a desktop OS