Ironically, NeXT, or rather the external perception of NeXT was a big driver/motivator of Sun's SparcStation (the classic, wonderful SS1) development. I was the

Ironically, NeXT, or rather the external perception of NeXT was a big driver/motivator of Sun's SparcStation (the classic, wonderful SS1) development. I was then working with Sun people who told me that even before the NeXT announcement. My employers were signed up as NeXT and Sun developers and for what we were doing, the former was such a disappointment even if was pleasant to use (other than as an NFS server but that's another story...).