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NeXTSTEP To Mac OS X

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the after-all-these-years dept.

*no comment* writes "the folks over at OSviews have a nicely done article that explains the evolution of NeXTSTEP into Mac OS X. 'With the beginning of 1996, Apple realized that with the next generation PC's running Windows NT to be released within the decade, they would need a new, modern operating system to run on their machines. ... Amongst Apple's other options were to license Solaris from Sun, NT from Microsoft, or to purchase a small net services company called NeXT. Apple chose the latter.'" OSNews had another nice Mac-oriented look at NeXTSTEP last year; the Wikipedia entry is also worth looking through.

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  1. Re:apple by goMac2500 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Steve couldn't have decreed anything because he was in charge of NeXT, not Apple. When Apple bought NeXT that was when Steve got back in to Apple.

    So yes, Apple engineers were involved in the choice. Steve only resumed being CEO of Apple around 1997.

  2. Re:Windows NT? Oh man.. by Mysticalfruit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine how things would have been today if Jobs had gotten beaten by the fucking clue stick and had bought BeOS instead.

    Imagine Aqua running on top of BeOS. *shrugs* Ah, what never was and what should have been.

    Just remeber everytime your using OSX, it could have been even better.

    --
    Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
  3. Re:I love Apple, but fuck the south! by icedtrip · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe us fucking Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes?

    I'm thinking of it right now, and would hate to see you on a bad day. This rant (although clever) isn't exactly overflowing with righteousness. I guess living in the deep south (Mississippi) makes me the worst of them all. Uneducated, backwards, no A/C, bare foot, lynch happy son o' bitch, huh?

    Oh wait, let me look around a little in my department...yep just as I thought, some of the hottest women on the planet. Damn, am I one happy backwards son o' bitch now.

    Damn, now how do I get my unedumacated self off this high tech machinery before my boss catches me?