What is NeXT?
{{Infobox company | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | logo = NeXT logo.svg | industry = {{Plainlist| * [[Computer hardware]] * [[Software]] }}<!-- types of products or services offered --> | fate = Merged into [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | successor = [[Apple Inc.]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1985}} | founder = [[Steve Jobs]] | defunct = {{End date|1997|02|07}} | hq_location_city = [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]], [[California]] | hq_location_country = U.S. | key_people = {{Plainlist| * Steve Jobs ([[chairman]], [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]) * [[Ross Perot]] (director) * [[John Patrick Crecine]] (director) * [[Avie Tevanian]] ([[vice-president]] of engineering) }} | products = {{Collapsible list |1= [[NeXT Computer]] |2= [[NeXTcube]] |3= [[NeXTstation]] |4= [[NeXTdimension]] |5= [[NeXTSTEP]] |6= [[NeXTMail]] |7= [[NeXT RISC Workstation]] |8= [[NeXT Laser Printer]] |9= [[NeXT MegaPixel Display]] |10= [[NeXT Music Kit]] |11= [[NeXTcube Turbo]] |12= [[WriteNow|NeXT port]] |13= [[OpenStep]] |14= [[WebObjects]] }}<!-- some of company's notable products --> | num_employees = 540<!-- peak number of employees --> | num_employees_year = 1992 | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/19970412194822/http://www.next.com/ next.com] (archived) | footnotes = <ref name=employees>{{Cite news | title=NeXT Inc. to Drop Hardware 300 losing jobs in strategy shift | date=February 9, 1993 | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> }} '''NeXT Inc.''' was an American [[computer]] and [[software]] company. It was created after Steve Jobs quit his job at [[Apple Inc.]]. It was a failure but it did get him back at Apple and as CEO. [[macOS|Mac OS X]]'s core was based entirely on the NeXT computer. Apple bought NeXT for $429 million. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-12-million-dollar-failure-saved-apple-next-2019-8|title=Steve Jobs left App