NeXTSTEP To Mac OS X

*no comment* writes "the folks over at OSviews have a nicely done article that explains the evolution of NeXTSTEP into Mac OS X. 'With the beginning of 1996, Apple realized that with the next generation PC's running Windows NT to be released within the decade, they would need a new, modern operating system to run on their machines. ... Amongst Apple's other options were to license Solaris from Sun, NT from Microsoft, or to purchase a small net services company called NeXT. Apple chose the latter.'" OSNews had another nice Mac-oriented look at NeXTSTEP last year; the Wikipedia entry is also worth looking through.

NT?

[plj]

Amongst Apple's other options were to license (-- --) NT from Microsoft

Ouch. The thought alone makes me vomit...

Re:The NeXT cube was sooooo sexy

[Kenja]

"The NeXT cube was sooooo sexy"

And they burn like nobody's business. Seriously, whos idea was it to make the things out of several pounds of magnesium?

Re:Typo

[Taco John]

Maybe I just saw that in a style guide or something. My, this is some good crow.

Re:The choice.

[lawpoop]

...but I ran BeOS @work and NeXTSTEP @home...

Wow, I never knew there was distributed network to solve the BeOS and NeXTEP data sets!

Re:apple

[cosmo7]

Woz: "Gil Amelio meets Steve Jobs. Game Over."

Re:Windows NT? Oh man..

[nosferatu-man]

Yeah, I think my Mac'd really be improved by not being able to print, run multi-user, or have a working TCP/IP stack. Be was never even close to technically polished enough to be a realistic replacement for Copland.

Re:Net services company???

[r00zky]

the person who posted that didn't make his homeworks too, so it's redundant in a recursive way...

Re:Yeah, right...

[Sneeper]

I always thought that Apple bought Next because Steve was CEO of both at the time. But the article says that the Apple board chose Next and then brought on Steve as a consultant. Steve then convinced the board to give him more power. The board made him interim CEO and gave him the task of hiring the real CEO.

His acceptance speach probably went like this:
"It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love Apple... I love MacOS 9. But I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the destruction of Apple. The power you give me I will lay down when this crisis has abated, I promise you! And as my first act with this new authority, I will create a grand new OS to counter the increasing threats of the Redmonds."

Re:NeXT background

[Equuleus42]

The funny thing is that NeXT was about 15 years ahead of its time... NeXT failed then, but OS X is a success story today. I wish the same thing could be said for the Delorean Motor Car... :^)

JESUS CHRIST!

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it just me or do I have mod points every time I turn around? I can't even participate in discussions any longer because I'm always fucking modding.

At least be a little bit selective of who mods.

Re:This Article is riddled with inaccuracies.

[multipartmixed]

> is the problem that Word is Carbon-based, or does the fault lie elsewhere?

How much you wanna bet:

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}

is getting overrun somewhere?

Re:The real reason Apple didn't choose Be

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you imagine JLG as Apple CEO, trying to push fruity-colored iMacs?

Well, he is French...