Be's IP (or the entire company? I can't remember) was sold to Palm for $11m at the end of Be, Inc's life. Palm actually ended up suing Microsoft for anti-compe

Be's IP (or the entire company? I can't remember) was sold to Palm for $11m at the end of Be, Inc's life. Palm actually ended up suing Microsoft for anti-competitive behaviour (on the now defunct Be's behalf), and that law suit was settled a few years later for $23m. I don't think Microsoft had to admit any wrong doing, they just paid the money to settle the situation.