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Apple Buys NeXT: The Acquisition That Brought Back Steve Jobs and Seeded macOS and iOS

Apple's NeXT acquisition bought a modern operating-system foundation, key engineers, and Steve Jobs at the moment its internal OS strategy had stalled.

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Pixar: Steve Jobs’ $10 Million Bet on Computer Graphics as a New Medium

Steve Jobs' $10 million Pixar investment preserved a computer-graphics team until rendering and animation could become a durable media business.

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NeXT: Ross Perot’s Bet on Steve Jobs After Apple

Ross Perot's $20 million NeXT investment backed Steve Jobs before the company shipped a product, producing a mixed business result but a lasting software legacy.

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