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NeXTSTEP To Mac OS X
*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.
'nuff said
The revolution will NOT be televised.
Thanks Merriam-Webster
2 : of, relating to, or being the second of two groups or things or the last of several groups or things referred to
Also, don't blame me; I voted for Kerry. Nice troll, too -- but you should have used it in the "rural outsourcing" article.
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.
It's a shame about your accent.
another doofus suffering from PEST
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.
We've outsourced US work oversea so much that now, since people are willing to work for such low wages (combined with more advanced forms of telecommuting), we soon may be able to insource work. That would be an interesting trend.
Somehow that guy finds it easier to type "@" than "at". Both require two keypresses. You could argue that the @ version is more difficult since it requires a shift and the "at" version actually uses one home row letter, so it should be easier. My guess is that this guy is a non-native English speaker who thinks that @ is cooler than "at".
My other first post is car post.
from those horrible 89-95 screenshots....oh god I'm immidiately reminded of something more hidous looking than windows 311, that blue dos shell menu, and OS 6 - UGH stab me in the face please!
Ave Molech Setting
What's your UID? I need to add you to my friends list.
way to steal someone elses rant... www.fuckthesouth.com
Be better in bed. Wikiafterdark!
Sweet.
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?