NeXTSTEP To Mac OS X · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday November 12, 2004 @11:18AM 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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Re:apple by goMac2500 · 2004-11-12 11:45 · 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.