If you’ve not followed along, long-time Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassée has been writing his memoirs, 50 years in tech.
In the latest episode, Jean-Louis digs into the series of events leading up to porting his company’s OS to the Mac, with the lure of selling the company to Apple. And the parallel path of Steve Jobs and NeXT leading to the same end.
Riveting and important piece of Apple history, from someone who was in the room early on, and then in the room at this important juncture.
Good stuff.
Gassée’s point of view is still fun to read, though.
Absolutely. My comment is more dismissive than I meant it to be (probably because I got interrupted and came back and posted it without really finishing it). 🙂
No real new info here on the Apple/NeXT side, really. I think it was generally known that NeXT was pushing WO hard at the time, and they weren’t getting very far with it.
Edit: This wasn’t meant to be dismissive, it’s a good article! I just ran out of things to say due to distraction. It’s a good read anyway. (Thanks, Mo, for making me come back and read what I wrote again.)