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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Gassee joins the fray
Date: 24 Jan 2015 22:37:38 GMT
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On 2015-01-24, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-01-23 18:17, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>>> Apple didn't have to put a user-accessible Unix into OS X (or any
>>> Unix at all).  This was a deliberate decision by Steve to court the
>>> computer geeks out there, because they - not the Starbucks hipsters
>>> - are the ones who initiate the long-term trends in the computer
>>> world.
>>
>> Apple's purchase of NeXT had little to do with the fact that it
>> was Unix, and had more to do with the fact that Apple saw a way to
>> deliver the Mac experience with that operating system under the hood.
>
> Apple had failed to develop its own real OS and was faltering, with
> Windows NT soon to go to desktops with real pre-emptive multitasking.
>
> Apple had also had failed management incapable of making the decisions
> that would lead to Apple having its real OS.
>
> One solution was a package: Get Steve Jobs back along with rights to an
> OS that can be used to replace MacOS. I suspect the two cane together as
> a package.

Of course Steve came with NeXT, but that was after Apple considered
other options, including Be OS, Windows NT, Solaris, and Pink OS.

> But getting a Unix core wasn't a compromise,

Never said it was a compromise - I said the decision had more to do with
the fact that Apple saw a way to deliver the Mac experience with the
NeXT operating system under the hood. 

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