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NeXT was incredible engineering but not a drop-in replacement for Mac OS. The sociology of the use of the machine is very different. The careful and kind atten
by gnerd00 1y ago
NeXT was incredible engineering but not a drop-in replacement for Mac OS. The sociology of the use of the machine is very different.
The careful and kind attention to the non-technical computer owners in Mac OS was replaced by corporate-controlled computer science with a GUI. The ambitions of Jobs became clearer later in life -- bizarrely manifesting the Big Brother that the early ad mocked. The iPhone drives Apple now, while Mac OSX slowly deteriorates with episodes of iPhone takeovers in the interface.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence, Windows has also shown its true colors with spyware and ad-stuffing left and right.