Be has an office environment in Paris, and, as pointed out, the dialogue on Be mailing lists has a strongly European flavor. Be mailing lists are crowded with hackers with names like Vladimir and Olaf and Pierre, sending flames to every other in fractured techno-English. Some German hackers have even appear up with a Das Blinkenlights replacement: it’s a circuit board kit that you can plug into Pc-suitable equipment managing BeOS.