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0 pointsscott_s16y ago0 comments

I actually consider NeXT a commercial success since the company was bought by Apple, and NeXT OS was essentially the basis for OSX.

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hugh316y ago· 1 in thread

Yeah, NeXT got acquired for $427 million, and that was in 1997 dollars. Jobs personally pocketed $100 million in that transaction, plus 1.5 million Apple shares (and remember the stock has split several times since then).

philwelch16y ago

He sold all that stock later in 1997 as a gambit, though.

flomo16y ago

Very doubtful that anyone ever made any money from NeXT, and that includes Steve Jobs.

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