I was thrilled when I heard about the NeXT merger, but Apple was still on very shaky ground at that point. When Steve showed the Aqua UI at MacWorld Expo in 2000 was when I knew they were going to pull through.
Apple came into really trouble: they bought NeXT and hired Steve Jobs again.
And MacOs is now based on BSD and some NeXT remnants.
Sounds like a great success story for NeXT to me.
NeXTSTEP was based on BSD and OS X/macOS was based on NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP so it's a great success for BSD and UNIX in general. Especially since macOS is a certified UNIX : https://www.opengroup.org/open... [opengroup.org] which on top of making one an infuriating Apple user also comes with a license to be one of those scruffy bearded, suspender wearing smug and condescending UNIX computer users http://the.infiniteplane.com/i... [infiniteplane.com]
How you evaluate NeXTSTEP depends on how you evaluate object oriented OS design. It was very fashionable in the 90s, but most of that legacy has faded away now and been replaced by other models.
Aqua and the iMac saved Apple. (Score:4, Insightful)
I was thrilled when I heard about the NeXT merger, but Apple was still on very shaky ground at that point. When Steve showed the Aqua UI at MacWorld Expo in 2000 was when I knew they were going to pull through.
-jcr
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Apple made it, NeXT didn't. Somewhere in there is a business lesson.
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That statement makes no sense at all.
Steve Jobs lost his job at Apple.
Founded NeXT. Made NeXT create its BSD based OS.
Apple came into really trouble: they bought NeXT and hired Steve Jobs again.
And MacOs is now based on BSD and some NeXT remnants.
Sounds like a great success story for NeXT to me.
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That statement makes no sense at all.
Steve Jobs lost his job at Apple.
Founded NeXT. Made NeXT create its BSD based OS.
Apple came into really trouble: they bought NeXT and hired Steve Jobs again.
And MacOs is now based on BSD and some NeXT remnants.
Sounds like a great success story for NeXT to me.
NeXTSTEP was based on BSD and OS X/macOS was based on NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP so it's a great success for BSD and UNIX in general. Especially since macOS is a certified UNIX : https://www.opengroup.org/open... [opengroup.org] which on top of making one an infuriating Apple user also comes with a license to be one of those scruffy bearded, suspender wearing smug and condescending UNIX computer users http://the.infiniteplane.com/i... [infiniteplane.com]
Re:Aqua and the iMac saved Apple. (Score:2)
How you evaluate NeXTSTEP depends on how you evaluate object oriented OS design. It was very fashionable in the 90s, but most of that legacy has faded away now and been replaced by other models.
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