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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by icelancer on Monday July 23, 2018 @02:47AM (#17590966)
It's not like the stories of Steve Jobs' escapades are rare. There are plenty of successful companies that don't have someone as insane as Jobs at the helm. But it's undeniable where Steve took his companies and the industry as a whole.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by DrScump on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:15AM (#17591045)
Where, exactly, did he take NeXT?

Also remember, Jobs was the driving force behind the AAGI wage-fixing cartel.

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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by mfontani on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:55AM (#17591193)
NeXT bought Apple for negative $400M
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by sudhirj on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:52AM (#17591180)
Arguably, NeXT was the mother of today’s Apple. The old Apple bought NeXT along with Jobs, and the new products were basically NeXT technology with an Apple logo.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by sudhirj on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:56AM (#17591198)
This is why everything in the Mac and iOS SDK is prefixed with NS - think it stands for NeXT Step?
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by Cthulhu_ on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:36AM (#17591368)
Yes, that's exactly what it stands for - see e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/473758/what-does-the-ns-....
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by saagarjha on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:32AM (#17591353)
Could also be NeXT/SUN–but there's clearly a NeXT in there either way.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by mmjaa on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:51AM (#17591420)
You are correct - the NS* stands for "Next/Sun" ...
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by Bahamut on Monday July 23, 2018 @07:10AM (#17591879)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15977053
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by saagarjha on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:48AM (#17591620)
Does anyone have a counterpoint to this? I've heard both, so I'm curious if any one is "more correct".
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by mmjaa on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:21AM (#17591729)
I've heard both too, but I've seen docs that refer to the "NextSTEP/Sun" namespace .. somewhere buried deep in the Apple docs .. but I can't find it now. Either way, both "NextSTEP" and "NextSTEP/SUN" have been used to answer this question in the past, so I'd say both are correct .. especially since Sun left the project early.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by pking on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:22AM (#17598310)
NeXT is definitely the mother of today's Apple. OSX is the NeXT operating system and application stack repackaged with the Mac look-and-feel. More importantly, Steve put the entire NeXT management team in all the VP roles at Apple, where they were in charge of reworking the entire Apple software stack. iOS is a stripped-down version of OSX.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by Tloewald on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:25AM (#17591077)
It’s running the Mac and iPhone.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by icelancer on Monday July 23, 2018 @10:39PM (#17597714)
>> Where, exactly, did he take NeXT?

To your iPhone.

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