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Apple Exodus ousted from his leadership position at Apple Big Mac gets canceled Plans to leave Apple and start a new company form The board meeting
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NeXT, Inc
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• Apple Exodus• Building Next• Building the computer• The launch
Apple Exodus
• ousted from his leadership position at Apple• Big Mac gets canceled• Plans to leave Apple and start a new company
form• The board meeting
Apple Exodus
• Jobs leaves Apple and takes five people with him• Founding members of Next
Apple Exodus
• Fallout of leaving Apple
Building Next
• Jobs indulges in his passion for design• Design of the Logo and a name change
Building NeXT
• Settling old debts and getting Esslinger• Beginning of failure• Fraught with opulent expense• Quest for perfection
Building the Computer
• Gathering data and content• Building the factory• Trouble starting at NeXT• Reality distortion field
Building the Computer
• Cash Flow and Ross Perot
Bill Gates and NeXT
• Bill Slams NeXT computer• Short lived revenge with IBM• Opportunity quits knocking
The Launch
• Crowd pleasing show, Displeasing Price
The Launch
• Criticism abounds• Miscellaneous facts