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NeXTSTEP R3 Demo Video
Hosted by Steve Jobs himself

Date Created: 04/03/2006

Last Updated: 04/04/2006

Authors: J. Love

In this video clip from 1991, Steve Jobs shows off Release 3 of the NeXTSTEP operating system. Here are a few things to look for while you watch the clip:

See anything familiar? Many of the advanced features/applications in NeXTSTEP, like Mail, the Services menu, and the Dock, are now part of Macintosh OS X.

Jobs repeatedly talks down both Macs and PCs, but Macs get the brunt of his jabs. Jobs left Apple in 1985 and founded NeXT Computer because of a power struggle with Apple CEO John Sculley. This is why he's personally showing off a computer system other than a Macintosh.

Jobs sends an email to a coworker about Ross Perot. In addition to running for president in 1992 and 1996, Ross Perot invested $20 million in NeXT and personally owned 16% of the company's total stock.

The NeXT operating system lived a brief life but was responsible for several noteworthy achievements such as the following:

A NeXTcube was used in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee when he created the first web browser and web server. This was the beginning of the World Wide Web as the world knows it today.

In the early 1990s, John Carmack used a NeXTcube to build two of his pioneering games: Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.

NeXT Computer designed Display PostScript (DPS), a display system for their series of Unix-based personal computers, for Adobe in 1987.

Does anyone else think it's weird to hear Steve Jobs talk bad about Apple? You can post comments here.

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