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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. The NeXT cube was sooooo sexy by 3770 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I remember a collegue that got one of those. They were soo cool.

    And in retrospect, I wonder if the Mac that was a clear plastic cube was based off of that?

    Steve Jobs was running NeXT when the NeXT cube came out and he was in charge of apple when the plastic cube Mac came out?

    Coincidence? Probably not.

    Tin foil hats on!

    Umm... wait a minute. It isn't really a conspiracy.

    Tin foil hats off.

    Where was I? Oh yeah. The NeXT cube. Sexy.

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  2. Re:Yeah, right... by tyrione · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Psst. It was 50,000 NeXT boxes and having worked there it was more but that's neither here nor there.

  3. Re:Screenshots by byolinux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will take Rhapsody and NextStep x86 off you too!

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