NeXT Inc.

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computer company technology company

NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.

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Label Occurrences
NeXT Inc. canonical 20
NeXT 19
NeXT Computer 3

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer company ⓘ
technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy Apple Inc. ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1997 ⓘ
acquisitionValue 429000000 USD ⓘ
broughtExecutiveToApple Avie Tevanian ⓘ
Jon Rubinstein ⓘ
Steve Jobs ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designerOfLogo Paul Rand ⓘ
developed Digital Librarian ⓘ
Xcode ⓘ
surface form: Interface Builder

NeXT Mail ⓘ
NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP operating system

Objective-C development environment ⓘ
dissolved 1997 ⓘ
foundedBy Avie Tevanian ⓘ
Bud Tribble ⓘ
George Crow ⓘ
Joanna Hoffman ⓘ
Rich Page ⓘ
Steve Jobs ⓘ
hardwareUsedBy Tim Berners-Lee for WorldWideWeb ⓘ
headquartersLocation Redwood City, California ⓘ
inception 1985 ⓘ
inceptionPlace Redwood City, California ⓘ
industry computer hardware ⓘ
computer software ⓘ
workstations ⓘ
introducedProduct NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NeXT Computer in 1988

NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NeXTcube in 1990

NeXTstation in 1990 ⓘ
keySoftwareTechnology PostScript ⓘ
surface form: Display PostScript

Mach-based kernel ⓘ
OPENSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP AppKit

NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit ⓘ
logoDescription black cube with NeXT wordmark designed by Paul Rand ⓘ
notableFor early web development platform WebObjects ⓘ
influencing modern Apple operating systems ⓘ
object-oriented operating system design ⓘ
notableHardwareFeature Display PostScript-based graphics ⓘ
built-in Ethernet networking ⓘ
magneto-optical drive ⓘ
operatingSystemBasisFor iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
watchOS ⓘ
product NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NeXT Computer

NeXTSTEP ⓘ
NeXTcube ⓘ
NeXTstation ⓘ
OPENSTEP ⓘ
WebObjects ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
stockExchange NASDAQ ⓘ
tickerSymbol NEXT ⓘ
usedIn development of the first World Wide Web browser ⓘ
usedProcessorArchitecture Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68030

Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68040
usedProgrammingLanguage Objective-C ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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Steve Jobs → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Steve Jobs → founded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Steve Jobs → knownFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXTSTEP operating system
WorldWideWeb (web browser) → platform → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
WorldWideWeb (web browser) → runsOnHardware → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form: NeXT workstation
NeXT Inc. → product → NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXT Inc. → introducedProduct → NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer in 1988
NeXT Inc. → introducedProduct → NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXTcube in 1990
Steven → coFounded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: Steven Paul Jobs
Steven → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: Steven Paul Jobs
NuBus → wasAdoptedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
CERN httpd → platform → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer
Rich Page → coFounded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Rich Page → workedAt → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Rich Page → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXTstation in 1990 → manufacturer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXTstation
NeXTstation in 1990 → brand → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
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this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit → targetPlatform → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
Joanna Hoffman → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Joanna Hoffman → workedOn → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer products
Joanna Hoffman → associatedWith → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer project
OPENSTEP → operatingSystemEnvironmentFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
WebObjects → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
WebObjects → originalDeveloper → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
WebObjects → releasedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT Mail → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXT Mail → platform → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXT Mail → includedWith → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
NeXTSTEP → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXTstation → manufacturer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTstation → designer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTstation → discontinuedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Bud Tribble → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Bud Tribble → partOf → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT software team
NeXTcube → manufacturer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTcube → designer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT logo → commissionedFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXT logo → featuresText → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT logo → createdFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer company
NeXT logo → associatedCompany → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer, Inc.
George Crow → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
George Crow → coFounded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Avie Tevanian → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Application Kit → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT and Sun Microsystems → collaboratedWith → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: Sun Microsystems
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT and Sun Microsystems → developedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: OPENSTEP
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT and Sun Microsystems → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXTSTEP
this entity surface form: NeXT
Enterprise Objects Framework → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs → describes → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT