Thank God or what? If they had, he would have had 125 million in the coffers rather than the pocket change from Palm.
The deal was screwed from the start just with the history between he and Jobs, IMHO. I really loved BeOS, but all I read in that post is Gassee being cranky about not cashing in. His relationship with Jobs, he figured he could push the issue and win in regards to flogging the OS. Was a pissing match that didn't prove to be the big payoff for Gassee, and there would have been no working things out between Jobs and him.
Labor of love or not, he turned down 125 million from Apple, demanding 200 million. Be got 11 mill in 2001 for the works from Palm, which has also gone the way of the dodo.
There's 100 long gone OS's that were a far superior product in some regards even in comparison to todays mainstream OS's, sadly.