NeXT
NeXT Inc. was an American computer and software company. It was created after Steve Jobs quit his job at Apple Inc.. It was a failure but it did get him back at Apple and as CEO. Mac OS X's core was based entirely on the NeXT computer. Apple bought NeXT for $429 million. [2]
| Company type | Private |
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| Fate | Merged into Apple |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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| Products | List
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| Website | next.com (archived) |
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Steve Jobs used $12 million of his own money to make NeXT and it did pay off because he got his job back.[3]
NeXT Media
An example of a computer model that NeXT sold
Steve Jobs, here pictured in 1984, founded NeXT in 1985.
This NeXT Computer was used by computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to create the world's first web server and web browser/editor.
A NeXTcube has a NeXT monitor.
The mainboard of the NeXTcube (1990) has a Motorola 68040 at the lower edge. To the right are the interfaces, to the left the system bus. The enlarged view of the image has annotations for most of the components.
Entrance to NeXT's Redwood City office in 1995
References
- ↑ "NeXT Inc. to Drop Hardware 300 losing jobs in strategy shift". San Francisco Chronicle. February 9, 1993.
- ↑ Morgan, Clancy. Steve Jobs left Apple to start a new computer company. His $12-million failure saved Apple.. Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ↑ Young, Jeffrey S.. iCon: Steve Jobs (2005)John Wiley & Sons. p. 134. ISBN 0-471-72083-6. Retrieved August 1, 2019.