<s>
Bean	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
Bean	B-Operating_System
became	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
at	O
version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
executable	O
is	O
still	O
distributed	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
its	O
author	O
,	O
James	O
Hoover	O
,	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
meant	O
to	O
replace	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
but	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
lean	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
is	O
beautiful	O
and	O
user	O
friendly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
's	O
operations	O
are	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
underlying	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
framework	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
and	O
Java	O
,	O
two	O
popular	O
programming	B-Architecture
frameworks	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
3.2.2	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Hoover	O
announced	O
that	O
"	O
active	O
development	O
of	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
will	O
cease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Operating_System
will	O
remain	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
at	O
the	O
bean-osx.com	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
even	O
be	O
updated	O
as	O
necessary	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
app	O
running	O
on	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
Hoover	O
has	O
provided	O
further	O
updates	O
and	O
fixes	O
for	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
,	O
reaching	O
version	O
number	O
3.4.7	O
by	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
was	O
heavily	O
influenced	O
by	O
Marten	O
Van	O
De	O
Kraats	O
 '	O
article	O
"	O
Lean	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
Specifics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
programs	O
like	O
LibreOffice	B-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
Writer	I-Application
,	O
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
its	O
feature	O
set	O
is	O
complete	O
enough	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
many	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
Bean	B-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
simplicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Operating_System
has	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Operating_System
natively	O
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
these	O
file	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Operating_System
imports	O
and	O
exports	O
these	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Bean	B-Operating_System
can	O
export	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
formats	O
to	O
these	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
