After leaving Apple in 1985, Steve Jobs founded a new company called NeXT, Inc. which unveiled its first product, the NeXT Computer, at a gala event in 1988. The NeXT combined powerful hardware and software in ways that had never been done before. First, NeXT based its machine on the Motorola 68030 processor running at a screaming 25 Mhz and coupled it with the first built-in Digital Signal Processor. NeXTs system software was designed to rival the best offerings of the Macintosh and PC: NeXT used the rock-solid UNIX operating system and added its own elegant, proprietary graphical user interface. NeXT was also the first computer company to ship a built-in 256 MB magneto-optical storage medium. Boasting a high-resolution display, built-in Ethernet, CD-quality sound, and multimedia e-mail, the NeXT Computer was packaged in a stunning one-foot by one-foot black magnesium cube. In 1990, NeXT unveiled faster workstations running at 25MHz on the Motorola 68040. Affectionately called the slab, the NeXTstation had a black and white display while the NeXTstation Color displayed 4,096 colors from a palette of 16 million colors. A new version of the Cube offered a 32-bit true-color display. Spring of 1992 brought about the end of NeXTs optical disk, but NeXT also introduced upgraded workstations, the NeXTstation Turbo and Turbo Color running at 33MHz. NeXT also began offering a color printer and a standard CD-ROM drive. Foreshadowing its exit from the hardware business, the company announced it had begun working on NeXTstep for Intel. NeXT stopped manufacturing hardware in 1993 to become a software-only vendor, selling NeXTSTEP as a combination operating system and object-oriented development environment. NeXTstep for Intel became a popular product among large companies and especially financial institutions for rapidly developing and deploying custom software. Apple Computer bought NeXT in 1996 after its own efforts to upgrade the Macintosh operating system failed. After the sale, Steve Jobs first began working as an advisor but was later appointed acting-CEO, and then finally CEO of the company. NeXTSTEP lives on as the heart of Mac OS X. Keith Ohlfs sits in his office overlooking Redwood City Marin and doodles. These arent just any doodles, though: theyre carefully crafted on a 2-bit-deep grid of 48 x 48 pixels. Theyre NeXTstep icons. Ohlfs is NeXTs interface specialist. As resident artist, hes drawn practically all of the icons that NeXT uses. Hes also responsible for a large part of the computers distinctive look, from NeXTsteps three-dimensional controls to the anti-aliased icons that seem to have more resolution than the screen should permit. Hes also worked with NeXTs designers in developing key aspects of the NeXTdimension. And now, hes working on an exciting new crop of NeXT graphics processors. The history of desktop computing has been relatively brief but hardly dull. Weve seen advances on every level. Some allows us to perform certain tasks better, while others--such as the graphical interface--strike to the very core of the way we use computers. The truly revolutionary advances are not at all common. In fact, in the last ten years, weve seen only a few. But in the next 24 pages, youre going to see seven. This is the NeXT Computer System. The NeXT Computer is fundamentally different from other computers. Thats a natural result, given the fundamentally different approach with which it was designed. The mission of NeXT was to create the first computer of the 1990s. A computer that would provide a solution for sophisticated needs today and a base for development well into the next decade. To accomplish this goal, we worked closely with a number of people whose very business is laying the groundwork for the future: leaders in Higher Education. They rank among the most demanding users of technology. In academia, computers are often networked by the thousands. Given the diversity of disciplines, they are pushed to the limit on a daily basis, for complex simulations as well as more traditional uses. Our collaboration with Higher Education provided the insight needed to visualize the seven breakthroughs that would ultimately define the NeXT Computer: 1. A new architecture optimized for total system throughput, not just individual component benchmarks. 2. A pioneering technology for vast and reliable storage, opening the door for new ways to access and use information. 3. Built-in CD-quality sound, allowing sound to be integrated into applications that are used every day. 4. A unified imaging system - Display PostScript - for both the display and the printer. So what you see on the screen is unequivocally what you get on paper. 5. An intuitive interface that gives everyone access to UNIX, with all of its power for networking and multitasking. 6. A multimedia mail system that enables communication combining text, graphics, and voice. 7. A new development environment that dramatically cuts the time it takes to create and customize software. These breakthroughs represent a new yardstick for measuring performance in the 90s. Each is standard in the NeXT Computer System, as are all the features described in these pages. This is quite important, because it is the standard configuration - common to all users - that serves as the prime target for software developers. The NeXT Computer raises this lowest common denominator to an extraordinary level. By doing so, it gives developers the freedom to include richer features and functionality than have ever been available in a general purpose computer. The story of NeXT, though, is not one of technology achievement alone. Of equal importance are the partnerships we have formed within the industry to ensure a depth of software and the accessibility of NeXT Computers nationwide. As you will see, the efforts in these areas has been as intensive as the effort to create the technology itself. This is your introduction to the NeXT Computer System. /Open Source Initiative OSI - TheX.Net, Inc. License (Xnet):Licensing > >[OSI Approved License] > > >The X.Net, Inc. 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George Bush Presidential Library Foundations photo. LikeLike · · Promote · Share Florentino JesuMaria Perez Jr. shared Donald J. Trumps photo. 3 hours ago After leaving Apple in 1985, Steve Jobs founded a new company called NeXT, Inc. which unveiled its first product, the NeXT Computer, at a gala event in 1988. The NeXT combined powerful hardware and software in ways that had never been done ... See More #icebucketchallenge For those of you who wanted a picture here it is- Photo: #icebucketchallenge For those of you who wanted a picture here it is- LikeLike · · Promote · Share Florentino JesuMaria Perez Jr. shared a link via Business Insider. 3 hours ago After leaving Apple in 1985, Steve Jobs founded a new company called NeXT, Inc. which unveiled its first product, the NeXT Computer, at a gala event in 1988. The NeXT combined powerful hardware and software in ways that had never been done before. First, NeXT based its machine on the Motorola 68030 processor running at a screaming 25 Mhz and coupled it with the first built-in Digital Signal Processor. NeXTs system software was designed to rival the best offerings of the Macintosh and PC: NeXT used the rock-solid UNIX operating system and added its own elegant, proprietary graphical user interface. NeXT was also the first computer company to ship a built-in 256 MB magneto-optical storage medium. Boasting a high-resolution display, built-in Ethernet, CD-quality sound, and multimedia e-mail, the NeXT Computer was packaged in a stunning one-foot by one-foot black magnesium cube. In 1990, NeXT unveiled faster workstations running at 25MHz on the Motorola 68040. Affectionately called the slab, the NeXTstation had a black and white display while the NeXTstation Color displayed 4,096 colors from a palette of 16 million colors. A new version of the Cube offered a 32-bit true-color display. Spring of 1992 brought about the end of NeXTs optical disk, but NeXT also introduced upgraded workstations, the NeXTstation Turbo and Turbo Color running at 33MHz. NeXT also began offering a color printer and a standard CD-ROM drive. Foreshadowing its exit from the hardware business, the company announced it had begun working on NeXTstep for Intel. NeXT stopped manufacturing hardware in 1993 to become a software-only vendor, selling NeXTSTEP as a combination operating system and object-oriented development environment. NeXTstep for Intel became a popular product among large companies and especially financial institutions for rapidly developing and deploying custom software. Apple Computer bought NeXT in 1996 after its own efforts to upgrade the Macintosh operating system failed. After the sale, Steve Jobs first began working as an advisor but was later appointed acting-CEO, and then finally CEO of the company. NeXTSTEP lives on as the heart of Mac OS X. Keith Ohlfs sits in his office overlooking Redwood City Marin and doodles. These arent just any doodles, though: theyre carefully crafted on a 2-bit-deep grid of 48 x 48 pixels. Theyre NeXTstep icons. Ohlfs is NeXTs interface specialist. As resident artist, hes drawn practically all of the icons that NeXT uses. Hes also responsible for a large part of the computers distinctive look, from NeXTsteps three-dimensional controls to the anti-aliased icons that seem to have more resolution than the screen should permit. Hes also worked with NeXTs designers in developing key aspects of the NeXTdimension. And now, hes working on an exciting new crop of NeXT graphics processors. The history of desktop computing has been relatively brief but hardly dull. Weve seen advances on every level. Some allows us to perform certain tasks better, while others--such as the graphical interface--strike to the very core of the way we use computers. The truly revolutionary advances are not at all common. In fact, in the last ten years, weve seen only a few. But in the next 24 pages, youre going to see seven. This is the NeXT Computer System. The NeXT Computer is fundamentally different from other computers. Thats a natural result, given the fundamentally different approach with which it was designed. The mission of NeXT was to create the first computer of the 1990s. A computer that would provide a solution for sophisticated needs today and a base for development well into the next decade. To accomplish this goal, we worked closely with a number of people whose very business is laying the groundwork for the future: leaders in Higher Education. They rank among the most demanding users of technology. In academia, computers are often networked by the thousands. Given the diversity of disciplines, they are pushed to the limit on a daily basis, for complex simulations as well as more traditional uses. Our collaboration with Higher Education provided the insight needed to visualize the seven breakthroughs that would ultimately define the NeXT Computer: 1. A new architecture optimized for total system throughput, not just individual component benchmarks. 2. A pioneering technology for vast and reliable storage, opening the door for new ways to access and use information. 3. Built-in CD-quality sound, allowing sound to be integrated into applications that are used every day. 4. A unified imaging system - Display PostScript - for both the display and the printer. So what you see on the screen is unequivocally what you get on paper. 5. An intuitive interface that gives everyone access to UNIX, with all of its power for networking and multitasking. 6. A multimedia mail system that enables communication combining text, graphics, and voice. 7. A new development environment that dramatically cuts the time it takes to create and customize software. These breakthroughs represent a new yardstick for measuring performance in the 90s. Each is standard in the NeXT Computer System, as are all the features described in these pages. This is quite important, because it is the standard configuration - common to all users - that serves as the prime target for software developers. The NeXT Computer raises this lowest common denominator to an extraordinary level. By doing so, it gives developers the freedom to include richer features and functionality than have ever been available in a general purpose computer. The story of NeXT, though, is not one of technology achievement alone. Of equal importance are the partnerships we have formed within the industry to ensure a depth of software and the accessibility of NeXT Computers nationwide. As you will see, the efforts in these areas has been as intensive as the effort to create the technology itself. This is your introduction to the NeXT Computer System. /Open Source Initiative OSI - TheX.Net, Inc. License (Xnet):Licensing > >[OSI Approved License] > > >The X.Net, Inc. License > > >Copyright (c) 2011 Florentino Perez J.R, California, USA > >Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining >a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the >Software), to deal in the Software without restriction, including >without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, >distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to >permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to >the following conditions: > >The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be >included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > >THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, >EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF >MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. >IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY >CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, >TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE >SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. > >This agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the >State of California and by the laws of the United States of America and The CLINTON Foundation. > >__________FLORENTINO PEREZ JR
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