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But NeXT was a big failure commercially. And the software light at the end of the tunnel in 1996 was WebObjects, not OpenStep. If Apple hadn't bought them, they
by setpatchaddress 11y ago
But NeXT was a big failure commercially. And the software light at the end of the tunnel in 1996 was WebObjects, not OpenStep. If Apple hadn't bought them, they'd have eventually been reduced to WebObjects, Inc, in all but name.
Steve would have destroyed Apple completely had he been CEO prior to his experiences running NeXT and Pixar. He almost did anyway -- read up on the stories about how he treated the Apple II division -- the only part of the company that made money up until after the point Steve had left.