I actually think NeXT would have continued. They did make money and Sun was all Java'ed up given their stepping out of the whole OpenStep thing. Plus, Pixar d

I actually think NeXT would have continued. They did make money and Sun was all Java'ed up given their stepping out of the whole OpenStep thing. Plus, Pixar did extremely well, and I don't think Jobs minded running both. Copeland in my mind had no chance of shipping. It just was just another step in the Pink -> Taligent saga. I loved the Newton but it was flawed in direction from the start (even loved NewtonScript and Soups). OpenDoc was not very fun to program, but others probably know better (I was more a visitor in those days, I'm not an Apple fan, I'm a NeXT fan who had to immigrate). I would have bought a Newton-based desktop or laptop from them though. Be would have brought back Jean-Louis Gassée which probably would have been a bad thing.