Quote from: Nitro on July 26, 2024, 02:09:16 PMThe Rise and Fall of NeXT Computer (https://anotherboringtopic.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-next-computer)
Steve Jobs and the Rise and Fall of NeXT: Part 2 (https://anotherboringtopic.substack.com/p/steve-jobs-and-the-rise-and-fall)
The second one was a big read, a lot of research went in to it.
I'm looking forward to the video released.
From the second article:
Quote from: Another boring topicInterim CEO
Once Jobs successfully forced Amelio out and took over as "interim" CEO, he began a far reaching transformation of Apple, and a key part of it was replacing key members of his team with NeXT veterans. We've already seen this operating behind the scenes with key Next employees such as Tevanian and Rubenstein taking over Ellen Hancock's responsibilities, and it was only going to increase.
This became such a well known thing that MacAddict made fun of it in their March 1998 issue, saying "In an attempt to streamline company procedures and further cut back operating costs, Apple interim CEO Steve Jobs has simplified several formerly time-consuming processes. The application to become an Apple VP is now much shorter. Applicants need only answer yes or no to the question, 'Have you ever worked for NeXT Software?'"
Also this bit from the article
Quote from: Another boring topicInterestingly, according to several comments left under my first video, either just prior to shutting down or shortly after shutting down the factory made a special run to quietly produce at least a few thousand more NeXT computers. These computers were destined for the National Reconnaissance Office, who according to one comment, was NeXT's largest single customer. According to another comment, the factory was run for a week straight, with the goal of producing a five year supply of computers and spare parts for multiple government agencies' usage.
How fast is a 68040@33MHz NeXT? I've seen the video demonstration of Steve Jobs working with images, where the other CPU takes the workload of the main CPU (like the Amiga). I'm guessing the SQL database would have been running on another server to save CPU cycles on the machine.