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NeXT
Private
Industry
Fate Merged into Apple
Successor Apple Inc.
Founded 1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Founder Steve Jobs
Defunct February 7, 1997 (1997-02-07)
Headquarters
Redwood City, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Products
List
NeXT Computer
NeXTcube
NeXTstation
NeXTdimension
NeXTSTEP
NeXTMail
NeXT RISC Workstation
NeXT Laser Printer
NeXT MegaPixel Display
NeXT Music Kit
NeXTcube Turbo
NeXT port
OpenStep
WebObjects
Number of employees
 540 (1992)

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.

Images for kids

  • Steve Jobs and Macintosh computer, January 1984, by Bernard Gotfryd -cropped

    Steve Jobs, founder of NeXT

  • First Web Server

    This NeXT Computer was used by Computer Scientist Tim Berners-Lee at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to create world's first web server.

  • NEXT Cube-IMG 7151

    A NeXT monitor and a NeXTcube

  • NeXTcube motherboard

    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.

  • NeXTSTEP desktop

    The NeXTSTEP operating system interface

  • Entrance view of NeXT Computer Inc.

    Entrance to NeXT's Redwood City office in 1995

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: NeXT para niños

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