What Steve Jobs Got Wrong?

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 29 August 2011, 22:49 IST   |    1 Comments
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3. Next Computers
Next computer
Next computers were Steve's nurtured child which took off in the year 1989. After his showdown with then Apple CEO and his resignation "Next Computers" was founded in the year 1985. NeXT introduced the first NeXT Computer in 1988, the sales of the NeXT computers was relatively limited, with estimates of about 50,000 units shipped in total. However ultimately Apple purchased NeXT on December 20, 1996 for $429 million and 1.5 million shares of Apple stock which marked Steve's re entry to the company.