Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: I-NeXT ihambe kanjani isuka kumakhompyutha iye kwisoftware

Ngenkathi uSteve Jobs eshiya i-Apple ngo-1985, akazange asebenze. Ngezifiso ezinkulu, wasungula inkampani yakhe i-NeXT Computer futhi wagxila ekukhiqizeni amakhompyutha nezindawo zokusebenza zemikhakha yezemfundo nezamabhizinisi. I-NeXT Computer kusukela ngo-1988, kanye ne-NeXTstation encane kusukela ngo-1990, yalinganiswa kahle kakhulu mayelana nehadiwe nokusebenza, kodwa ngeshwa ukuthengisa kwabo akuzange kufinyelele okwanele "ukusekela" inkampani. Ngo-1992, i-NeXT Computer yathumela ukulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-40 zamaRandi. Ukwazile ukudayisa amayunithi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-50 zamakhompyutha akhe.

Ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari 1993, i-NeXT yagcina iyekile ukwenza amakhompyutha. Le nkampani yashintsha igama layo laba yi-NEXT Software futhi yagxila ngokukhethekile ekuthuthukiseni ikhodi yamanye amapulatifomu. Bekungeyona impela isikhathi esilula kabili. Njengengxenye yokudilizwa kwabantu abaningi, okwathola igama lesidlaliso langaphakathi elithi "Black Tuesday", abasebenzi abangu-330 kwabangamakhulu amahlanu baxoshwa enkampanini, abanye babo abaqala ukuzwa ngaleli qiniso emsakazweni wenkampani. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Wall Street Journal yashicilela isikhangiso lapho i-NEXT yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi "ikhulula isofthiwe evalelwe ebhokisini elimnyama emhlabeni."

I-NeXT ibonise ukuthuthwa kwesistimu yayo yokusebenza yemisebenzi eminingi NEXTSTEP kwezinye izinkundla ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 1992 ku-NEXTWorld Expo. Maphakathi no-1993, lo mkhiqizo wawusuphelile futhi inkampani yakhipha isofthiwe ebizwa nge-NEXTSTEP 486. Imikhiqizo ye-NeXT Software isizuze ukuduma okuningi ezindaweni ezithile. Le nkampani iphinde yaqhamuka nenkundla yayo yeWebObjects yezinhlelo zokusebenza zewebhu - ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yabuye yaba yingxenye yeSitolo se-iTunes nezingxenye ezikhethiwe zewebhusayithi ye-Apple.

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