Daga tarihin Apple: Yadda NeXT ya tafi daga kwamfuta zuwa software

Lokacin da Steve Jobs ya bar Apple a shekara ta 1985, ba shi da aiki ko kaɗan. Tare da babban buri, ya kafa kamfaninsa na NeXT Computer kuma ya mai da hankali kan kera kwamfutoci da wuraren aiki don bangarorin ilimi da kasuwanci. Kwamfuta ta NeXT daga 1988, da kuma ƙaramin NeXTstation daga 1990, an ƙididdige su sosai ta fuskar kayan aiki da aiki, amma abin takaici tallace-tallacen su bai kai isa ba don "dauke" kamfanin. A cikin 1992, NeXT Computer ta buga asarar dala miliyan 40. Ta yi nasarar sayar da kwamfutocinta guda dubu 50.

A farkon Fabrairu 1993, NeXT a ƙarshe ya daina kera kwamfutoci. Kamfanin ya canza suna zuwa NeXT Software kuma ya mayar da hankali kawai kan haɓaka lambar don sauran dandamali. Ba daidai ba ne lokaci mai sauƙi. A wani bangare na korar dimbin jama’a da aka yi wa lakabi da “Bakar Talata”, an kori ma’aikata 330 daga cikin jimillar dari biyar daga aikin, wasu daga cikinsu sun fara samun labarin hakan a gidan rediyon kamfanin. A lokacin, Jaridar Wall Street Journal ta buga wani talla inda NeXT a hukumance ya sanar da cewa yana "sakin software da aka kulle a cikin akwatin baƙar fata ga duniya."

NeXT ya nuna jigilar tsarin aiki da yawa NeXTSTEP zuwa wasu dandamali tun farkon Janairu 1992 a NeXTWorld Expo. A tsakiyar 1993, wannan samfurin ya riga ya kammala kuma kamfanin ya fitar da software mai suna NeXTSTEP 486. NeXT Software samfurori sun sami farin jini sosai a wasu wurare. Har ila yau, kamfanin ya fito da nasa dandalin WebObjects don aikace-aikacen yanar gizo - kadan daga baya shi ma ya zama wani ɓangare na dan lokaci na iTunes Store da zaɓaɓɓen sassan gidan yanar gizon Apple.

Source: Cult of Mac