That said it had some issues. Their network stack was just weird enough to make porting Internet applications difficult, especially web browsers. When Be first arrived this was no big deal, but it quickly grew as a sticking point for user adoption. When you can download a native FreeBSD version of Netscape, but no Be version exists and the only alternative is an older hacked up version of Mosaic you have a problem.
They did eventually fix this, but it was too little too late.
They did eventually fix this, but it was too little too late.