4 ms·

The Deal That Makes No Sense - Was Apple Forced Into Buying NeXT?

• MaysonL 13y ago
  Thing is, Apple got a great OS and a great CEO. WTF did MS get that is at all comparable?
  • mbesto 13y ago
    Apple happily shuttled out what they had perceived was a bad CEO, just as we all sit here in our armchairs preaching the same thing about MS. MS gets a device manufacturer, which allows them to compete with Samsung and Apple. Hindsight is 20/20.
  • mark-r 13y ago
    Maybe Stephan Elop will be the successor to Steve Ballmer? I'll let you know if I see any pigs flying.
• Philadelphia 13y ago
  The NeXT deal made perfect sense. Copland, Apple's internal effort at making a next-generation OS, had failed, and they needed to acquire a pre-baked operating system. Speculation at the time had them acquiring BeOS, but they went with NeXT instead, and the rest is history.