Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium
4:15PM, Wednesday, April 15, 1998
NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
Mission Possible: Be, Inc. and the BeOS
Scott Paterson
Be, Inc.
About the talk:
Specialty operating systems are now taking on important roles in
daily computing. Linux has served the Internet community very well. The
BeOS
aims to accomplish a similar role within the audio and video editing niche
where performance and stability are paramount.
The BeOS is a modern, multitasking, protected memory operating system
based on pervasive multithreading, symmetric multiprocessing and includes a
64-bit journaling file systems. The result is unprecedented user
responsiveness, enabling real-time manipulation and feedback of digital
sources.
Scott Paterson will give a brief overview of Be's history leading upto
the recent BeOS Release 3 for both Intel Pentium and PowerPC platforms. Most
of the talk will focus on the operating system demo itself.
About the speaker:
Scott Paterson joined Be in August 1996 as an Evangelist to promote
third party software development for the BeOS and is now the Product Manager.
Scott graduated from Dartmouth College in 1990.
Contact information:
Scott Paterson
Product Manager
Be Incorporated