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I would add do Unix (OSX). yet I do think they are fine, for a few years at least. The new stuff is flying off the shelf, and they simply need to execute now.

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That one was actually a pretty easy call.

NeXT was bought because Apple had fucked the dog on their next-generation operating system strategy. NeXTStep gave them a solid new platform upon which to build Mac OS, and the rest is history.

Easy in retrospect. I doubt you could have claimed this when they (NeXT) made the decision to go with BSD

NeXT was founded in 1985 for the purpose of creating a good workstation for the higher education market. By then, SunOS 2.0 was out, Ultrix was out, and 4.3BSD was under development. It wasn't even until mid-1986 that NeXT decided to make their own OS, and that was around the time that 4.3BSD and AIX were released. With Apple's technology off-limits, I'd say NeXT was following the herd when they decided to build off BSD.

Especially when you also saw BeOS in the running. I was happy when they chose NeXT but I always wanted a BeBox :)

They should have bought Be. pouts

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