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. The Mac OS x's core was based entirely on the NeXT computer. Apple bought NeXT for $429 million. [2]
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| Fate | Merged into Apple |
| Successor | Apple Inc. |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Steve Jobs |
| Defunct | February 7, 1997 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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| Products | List
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Number of employees | 540 (1992) |
| 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]
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Steve Jobs, January 1984, by Bernard Gotfryd.
This NeXT Computer was used by Computer Scientist Tim Berners-Lee at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to create the world's first web server.
NeXTcube workstation. On display at the Musée Bolo, EPFL, Lausanne.
Mainboard of the NeXTcube (1990) with Motorola 68040 at the lower edge. To the right are the interfaces, to the left the system bus. In the enlarged version of the image, most chips and connectors are described.
NeXT's former headquarters at 900 Chesapeake Drive, c. 2022
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.; Simon, William L. (2005). iCon: Steve Jobs. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 134. ISBN 0-471-72083-6. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.