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I agree that Jobs is overhyped, but his contributions via NeXT were pretty considerable, no? I mean, the vision was for a powerful yet affordable computer for
by alexgmcm 6y ago
I agree that Jobs is overhyped, but his contributions via NeXT were pretty considerable, no?
I mean, the vision was for a powerful yet affordable computer for use in Higher Education. This seems like quite a noble goal given the technological limitations at the time.
- icedchai 6y agoNeXT software was wonderful. The hardware? Not so much. The other workstation vendors of the era (Sun, SGI, HP, DEC...) ran rings around NeXT. The 680x0 platform NeXT chose was approaching obsolescence by the early 90's.
- AgloeDreams 6y agoI always felt the Next platform limitations is why he was paranoid about CPU architecture at Apple.