NeXT
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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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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Number of employees | 540 (1992) |
| 🌐 Website | next.com (archived) |
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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. Steve Jobs used $12 million of his own money to make NeXT and it did pay off because he got his job back.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "NeXT Inc. to Drop Hardware 300 losing jobs in strategy shift". San Francisco Chronicle. February 9, 1993.
- ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
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