> Be Inc fell apart and sold to 3Com, which sold to HP eventually and there it was neglected and mothballed. No. 3Com spun off Palm in 2000. Palm bought Be in

> Be Inc fell apart and sold to 3Com, which sold to HP eventually and there it was neglected and mothballed. No. 3Com spun off Palm in 2000. Palm bought Be in 2001. Palm then spun off its software division as PalmSource, which was later purchased by ACCESS. So ACCESS owns BeOS, not HP.