Yeah. I was a big supporter of Be, but as you mentioned, they thought Apple was going to buy them out and of course, NeXT got the nod. That would have been an interesting thing for sure though, although I think the NeXT move was the right one for apple.
ZETA is selling for what? $99? Too much for too little, nowadays.
Ok, I'll shut up now.

(New rule? No BeOS talk.....LOL)