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+<H3>July 31st, 1999</H3><P>
+
+We are glad to announce the start of the work on the new wxWindows port - wxBe
+which will implement wxWindows 2 API for <A HREF="http://www.be.com">BeOS</A>.
+Thanks to Be for donating licenses to wxWindows project to make it possible.
+<P>
+If you're interested in helping with this new port, please write to wxWindows
+developers mailing list!
+
 <H3>May 27th, 1999</H3><P>
 
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