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<h1>Getting real</h1>
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<h2>Hopes at NeXT</h2>
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There were a couple of events that led NeXT executives to falsely believe
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that they were on the right track, instead of realizing they were heading to the wall.
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<p>
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First was a major deal with IBM that was signed in September 1988, just one month before the Cube’s introduction. As we explained before, NeXT’s
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operating system, NeXTSTEP, was a revolution in software. It was the first UNIX ever to sport a graphical user interface, making an arcane piece of
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software accessible to mere mortals. We also said that UNIX was used on several computer mainframes, the vast majority of which were still IBM-
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made. That’s why Big Blue showed a substantial interest in the NeXT operating system: its
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</p>
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</div>
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