Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS

Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by Steko on Saturday November 12, 2011 @07:31AM (#3227710)

15 years later and he's still trying to spin his terrible negotiating into a positive.

Company worth $80 million.

Buyout offer at $125 million.

Hold out for $275 million.

Get nothing and go out of business.

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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by jstanderfer on Saturday November 12, 2011 @09:52AM (#3227897)

This isn't completely accurate is Be Inc. did successfully IPO in 1999 and won a lawsuit against Microsoft.

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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by _delirium on Saturday November 12, 2011 @11:56AM (#3228171)

Yeah, even the investors who didn't cash out at the IPO did eventually end up with $35 million for the company: $11 million from the 2001 asset sale to Palm, and $24 million from the 2002 settlement with Microsoft.

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