> It’s often said that Apple didn’t take over NeXT, nor did it merge with NeXT — in many important ways, NeXT took over Apple. This is pretty much the answer.

> It’s often said that Apple didn’t take over NeXT, nor did it merge with NeXT — in many important ways, NeXT took over Apple. This is pretty much the answer. NeXT was Jobs' baby and he was happy to deploy all the tech through Apple when he came back. It worked out really well for them. Copland dev was also lagging and pre-Jobs (return) Apple had a decided lack of ability to ship.