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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by i386 on Saturday November 12, 2011 @09:28AM (#3227870)
No. NeXT was cheaper, they got the original visionary back to Apple and NeXT had a revenue stream (From my understanding Be Inc didn't have one to speak of).
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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by jbellis on Saturday November 12, 2011 @09:34AM (#3227876)
NeXT was not cheaper; Gassee wanted 275M for BeOS, and they bought NeXT for 429.
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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by rdl on Saturday November 12, 2011 @10:39AM (#3227983)
NeXT was a bigger, more mature company with more assets and revenue, so even if you discount Jobs, buying NeXT for 429mm is less overpriced than Be for 275mm.
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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by flomo on Saturday November 12, 2011 @02:56PM (#3228729)
On the other hand, NeXT's main source of revenue was WebObjects, something Apple wasn't really interested in marketing. The operating system was pretty much a back catalog item.
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Re:Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS by philwelch on Saturday November 12, 2011 @05:48PM (#3229148)
Except WebObjects was used for the Apple Store, and later the iTunes Store.
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