NeXT, Inc

Topics

• 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