<s>
Gobe	B-Device
Software	I-Device
,	O
Inc	O
was	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
development	O
team	O
that	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
an	O
integrated	O
desktop	O
software	O
suite	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
distributor	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gobe	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
development	O
team	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
authors	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Styleware	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
leaving	O
StyleWare	O
and	O
creating	O
the	O
product	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
and	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
Bob	O
Hearn	O
,	O
Scott	O
Holdaway	O
joined	O
Tom	O
Hoke	O
,	O
Scott	O
Lindsey	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Q	O
.	O
Hammond	O
,	O
and	O
Carl	O
Grice	O
who	O
also	O
worked	O
at	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
's	O
Claris	O
subsidiary	O
and	O
formed	O
Gobe	B-Device
Software	I-Device
,	O
Inc	O
with	O
the	O
notion	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
next-generation	O
integrated	O
office	O
suite	O
similar	O
to	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
,	O
but	O
for	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Be	O
Inc	O
.	O
outsourced	O
publication	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Gobe	O
became	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
and	O
sections	O
of	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
weeks	O
after	O
signing	O
up	O
other	O
publishers	O
around	O
the	O
globe	O
,	O
Be	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
halted	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
platform	O
and	O
publicly	O
announced	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
corporate	O
focus	O
would	O
be	O
on	O
"	O
Internet	O
Appliances	O
"	O
and	O
made	O
public	O
announcements	O
that	O
hampered	O
forward	O
momentum	O
of	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
publishers	O
in	O
general	O
and	O
Gobe	O
in	O
particular	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
source	O
code	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
and	O
were	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
continue	O
its	O
development	O
or	O
add	O
drivers	O
that	O
the	O
platform	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
viable	O
alternative	O
to	O
Windows	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gobe	O
also	O
published	O
Hicom	O
Entertainment/Next	O
Generation	O
Entertainments	O
"	O
Corum	O
III	O
"	O
role-playing	O
game	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
during	O
this	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
failure	O
of	O
Be	O
,	O
Inc	O
and	O
BeOS	B-Application
meant	O
ports	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
undertaken	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
variants	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
product	O
,	O
Gobe	O
Productive	O
,	O
was	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
most	O
polished	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
processors	O
,	O
spreadsheet	O
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
applications	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
as	O
an	O
integrated	O
package	O
a	O
la	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Works	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gobe	O
Productive	O
v1.0	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
1998	O
,	O
v2.0	O
in	O
August	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
v2.0.1	O
on	O
29	O
February	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
failure	O
of	O
Be	O
,	O
Inc	O
a	O
Windows	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
variants	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
