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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by zelias on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:20PM (#19089943)

I know next to nothing about this space, but I'm curious whether the cheekiness of the name is worth the confusion it inevitably brings (as a fan of generally cheeky things).

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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by jackhack on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:07PM (#19090439)

You might be surprised. The core of the MacOS is nextstep (thus the reason that modern MacOS system functions begin with the prefix "ns") and even the software development tools will feel familiar to modern XCode users. There is a lot of elegant refinement in modern MacOS, but the bones of it are solidly NeXT.

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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by walrus01 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:53PM (#19091321)

Based on, yes, but since OSX 10.0 it's been diverging from what was the 1990s era NeXT. The core OSX team up to v10.5 or so was basically the same people who wrote the NeXT OS, and were acqui-hired.

Apple bought NeXT pretty much for their IP and software. By the time they were acquired NeXT had been out of the hardware manufacturing business for many years.

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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by samatman on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:59AM (#19094198)

I get a kick out of the bon mot that NeXT acquired Apple for -$429 milion dollars.

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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by cenal on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:27PM (#19092176)

Makes sense. MacOS X 10.4 was the best version I’ve ever used.

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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by sigfubar on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:53PM (#19090258)

I know NeXT to nothing about this space, too.

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Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator by rthille on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:56PM (#19090304)

The name 'NeXT Computer'? Blame Steve Jobs...

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