This was interesting... > > While I'm at it, why didn't Apple ever become a threat to the world in > > the > > same way Microsoft did?
...in part because I've just read "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs,"* which provides an example of another lost opportunity. It seems that before Windows was tolerable much less a market threat, IBM approached Jobs to license his NeXTstep software for PCs. NeXT's OS was way cool - and became the basis, eventually, and by a circuitous route, for the later Mac OS X. But what if NeXTstep had been presented to the world for the PC architecture BEFORE Windows 95 - or (I'm not sure of the timeline, now) - even before Windows 3.x? NeXTstep would have blown Microsoft out of the water, and NeXT would have quickly overshadowed Apple, and probably would have bought it out in short order - giving Jobs his hardware tinkering playground. Alas, Jobs's board was overwhelmingly pro-hardware, too, and so NeXT nixed the 'nix-on-Intel option. Ah, lost opportunities! Hindsight! -- timo * I have a few pristine extra copies of this fascinating (if non-technical) book. I'm going to put them up on my website soon, but really, if anyone wants one now, speak up: My $6.66 special - "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs," hardback with d/j - shipped anywhere in the U.S. for that special price! PayPal accepted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Signwave Finder Mail 0.5a - http://www.signwave.co.uk/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
