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		rdl on Nov 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gassée: Thank God Apple chose NeXT over my BeOS NeXT was a bigger, more mature company with more assets and revenue, so even if you discount Jobs, buying NeXT for 429mm is less overpriced than Be for 275mm.

flomo on Nov 12, 2011 [–]

On the other hand, NeXT's main source of revenue was WebObjects, something Apple wasn't really interested in marketing. The operating system was pretty much a back catalog item.

philwelch on Nov 12, 2011 | [–]

Except WebObjects was used for the Apple Store, and later the iTunes Store.

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