The Register: Be Inc. completes takeover of Palm "Palm's hardware division is led by Steve Sakoman, former Be CEO. But the OS division is now firmly in the hands of former Be Inc staff. Palm acquired almost fifty Be Inc engineers, and the attrition rate has been remarkable: two down. Forty seven to go. ... Be's former chief architect George Hoffman, is now Palmsource's chief architect. Cyril Meurillon, Be's former kernel chief, is the PalmOS kernel chief. Pierre Raynaud-Richard, Be's VP of Engineering, is … you can fill in the blank now."