Interesting article from the time, before Jobs took over: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/18/business/apple-s-newton-poised-for-a-rebirth.html?scp=2&sq=%22apple%

Interesting article from the time, before Jobs took over: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/18/business/apple-s-newton-poised-for-a-rebirth.html?scp=2&sq=%22apple%20newton%22&st=cse http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/18/business/apple-s-newton-po... I think Newton was both a failure (in its original goals) and a success (in the more realistic industry specific use). It did not light the world on fire, and the average consumer did not care for it and was not interested in buying it. So I wouldn't really agree with a blanket "it was not a failure", especially when part of the argument is "it was catching on right when people who knew the financials killed it."