PRESS RELEASE

For more information contact:
Be Incorporated
Dan Johnston
President
650/965-4842
danj@beincorporated.com

Be Incorporated's Antitrust Suite Against Microsoft Transferred to Maryland

MOUNTAIN VIEW,  Calif.--Aug.  21, 2002--Be  Incorporated (OTC:  BEOSZ.PK - News)
announced today the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict  Litigation has ordered Be's
antitrust  lawsuit against  Microsoft  transferred to the federal district court
for the  District of  Maryland in  Baltimore.  Be's  antitrust  suit will now be
coordinated  by Judge  Frederick  Motz along with the lawsuits filed by at least
two other significant competitors of Microsoft and certain consumer class action
suits currently  pending there against the software  company.  Be had originally
filed its suit in the Northern District of California,  where it was assigned to
a federal judge sitting in Oakland.

Judge Motz has  scheduled  a status  conference,  for the  purpose  of  planning
discovery and other pretrial proceedings,  on August 27 for the attorneys of all
parties whose cases against  Microsoft will be  coordinated by the judge.  At an
appropriate  time, Be will be entitled to have its case  transferred back to the
federal  court  in  Oakland,  unless  Be  consents  to a  trial  of its  case in
Baltimore.

About Be

Be  Incorporated  has ceased  business  operations and filed for  dissolution on
March 15, 2002. Be's  headquarters  have moved to Mountain View,  California and
can be  reached at P.O.  Box  391420,  Mountain  View,  CA 94039.  Be's web site
address is: http://www.beincorporated.com.