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> And Jobs himself? Forced out of Apple. Builds up Pixar. I mean, Pixar! Also, before Pixar he founded NeXT, absolutely breakthrough stuff, though not a big co
by fluxcapacitor 16y ago
> And Jobs himself? Forced out of Apple. Builds up Pixar. I mean, Pixar!
Also, before Pixar he founded NeXT, absolutely breakthrough stuff, though not a big commercial success:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT
- scott_s 16y agoI actually consider NeXT a commercial success since the company was bought by Apple, and NeXT OS was essentially the basis for OSX.
- hugh3 16y agoYeah, NeXT got acquired for $427 million, and that was in 1997 dollars. Jobs personally pocketed $100 million in that transaction, plus 1.5 million Apple shares (and remember the stock has split several times since then).
- philwelch 16y agoHe sold all that stock later in 1997 as a gambit, though.
- flomo 16y agoVery doubtful that anyone ever made any money from NeXT, and that includes Steve Jobs.