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> He was in love with NeXTSTEP because it was his. Famously, when he returned to Apple, he used NeXTSTEP/OpenStep instead of a Mac until Mac OS X 10.1 came out
by easton 6y ago
> He was in love with NeXTSTEP because it was his.
Famously, when he returned to Apple, he used NeXTSTEP/OpenStep instead of a Mac until Mac OS X 10.1 came out and it was stable enough for production use. I can't find the article, but someone received an email from him around 2000 where the headers said NeXTMail.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12182350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12182350
- p_l 6y agoKeynote was developed as a ripoff of the presentation program he used on NeXTSTEP called Concurrence, so it's an easy point in time to check how late (2003) Jobs used NeXT at least for some work. iWork suite didn't become "free" until 2013, and even then you have to buy a new mac or iOS device (so for example, given that I bought my mac used, I'd have to buy it new)