NeXT Inc.

E7928
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.

Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
NeXT 11
NeXT Computer 3
NeXT computers 3
NeXT Computer in 1988 1
NeXT Computer, Inc. 1
NeXT computer 1
NeXT computer company 1
NeXT computer products 1
NeXT computer project 1
NeXT software team 1

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 (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NeXT logo → associatedCompany → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer, Inc.
Joanna Hoffman → associatedWith → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer project
NeXTstation in 1990 → brand → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXTstation
this entity surface form: NeXT
George Crow → coFounded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Rich Page → coFounded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Steven → coFounded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: Steven Paul Jobs
NeXT logo → commissionedFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXT logo → createdFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer company
NeXTcube → designer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTstation → designer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXT Mail → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXTSTEP → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
WebObjects → developer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
NeXTstation → discontinuedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Bud Tribble → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
George Crow → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Joanna Hoffman → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Rich Page → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Steve Jobs → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Steven → employer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
subject surface form: Steven Paul Jobs
NeXT logo → featuresText → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Steve Jobs → founded → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
NeXT Mail → includedWith → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
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
Steve Jobs → knownFor → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXTSTEP operating system
NeXTcube → manufacturer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
subject surface form: NeXTstation
NeXTstation → manufacturer → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
WebObjects → originalDeveloper → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Bud Tribble → partOf → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT software team
CERN httpd → platform → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer
NeXT Mail → platform → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
NeXT Inc. → product → NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT Computer
WebObjects → releasedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form: NeXT workstation
this entity surface form: NeXT computers
NuBus → wasAdoptedBy → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT
Rich Page → workedAt → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
Joanna Hoffman → workedOn → NeXT Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXT computer products