An opperating system created in the early to mid 90's that was vastly supperior to many OS's currently. It's unfortunate demise was spelled out by poor driver support and lack of funding.
It now lives on only in verious open source projects and some offhand Palm workshop.
It now lives on only in verious open source projects and some offhand Palm workshop.
by drk_ghost April 13, 2003
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by PC User June 23, 2003
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Bay-be Os are manufactured by Bay-be Os Corp. They originated when I was bored and called up 411 with some chums. I asked if they had baby in a strange accent and that is where Bay-be came from. Bay-be Os are baby meat in an O form. Kind of like Cheerios, except made of Bay-be. There are also Bay-be Strips; Looks like bacon, tastes like Bay-be!
by Bay-be Os Corp. December 19, 2004
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