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Re:Ask HN: Was anyone working at Apple during Steve Jobs' re... by sgerenser on Saturday October 22, 2022 @12:31AM (#33295678)
BeOS was the other option being considered. It was arguably more advanced and powerful than NeXTStep. But Jean Louis Gassée played hardball thinking he had Apple on the ropes, and they went with NeXT instead.
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Re:Ask HN: Was anyone working at Apple during Steve Jobs' re... by simonh on Saturday October 22, 2022 @06:31AM (#33297059)
To be fair Gassée has said since they probably made the right choice.
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