Apple acquired NeXT 15 years ago, Jean-Louis Gassée still dreaming of what could've b

GSBot · December 21, 2011, 1:58am

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/12/nextlogodantetktk-1324430719.jpgIt might be hard to picture now](Ballmer downplays Microsoft's shift in market value, says it's a 'long game'), but back in the mid-nineties, the threat of bankruptcy was very real for a company headquartered in Cupertino. That would all change with the purchase of NeXT on December 20, 1996 – a move that gave the fledgling computer maker a modern OS, but more importantly brought one of its founders, Steve Jobs, back into the fold. The rest is history, as Jobs eventually secured the helm, forming a team that would go on to birth products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. But hardware innovation aside, ultimately that comeback wouldn’t have been possible without OS X – an OS which arose directly out of the ashes of NextStep. Sure, there was the occasional misstep along the way – G4 Cube and hockey-puck mouse be damned – but frankly we can’t think of any turnaround as epic, nor relevant. Can you?Apple acquired NeXT 15 years ago, Jean-Louis Gassée still dreaming of what could’ve been originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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