NeXTSTEP
Sign in to saveNeXTSTEP is a discontinued object-oriented, multitasking operating system based on the Mach kernel and the UNIX-derived BSD. It was developed by NeXT, founded by Steve Jobs, in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was initially used for its range of proprietary workstation computers such as the NeXT Computer. It was later ported to several other computer architectures and was later bought by Apple Inc. to replace the older Classic Mac OS with macOS.
Key facts
- OS.name
- NeXTSTEP
- OS.logo
- frameless|upright=0.5
- OS.screenshot
- NeXTSTEP desktop.png
- OS.caption
- NeXTSTEP graphical user interface
- OS.developer
- NeXT
- OS.family
- Unix (4.3BSD-Tahoe)
- OS.working_state
- Historic as original code base for Darwin, which was the base for macOS, which in turn was the base of iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and tvOS
- OS.source_model
- Closed source with some open-source components
- OS.latest_release_version
- 3.3
- OS.latest_preview_version
- 4.2 Pre-release 2
- OS.latest_preview_date
- September 1997
- OS.marketing_target
- Enterprise, academia
- OS.prog_language
- C, Objective-C
- OS.package_manager
- Installer.app
- OS.supported_platforms
- Motorola 68030/68040, IA-32, SPARC, PA-RISC
- OS.kernel_type
- Hybrid (Mach, BSD)
- OS.userland
- BSD
- OS.ui
- Graphical
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NeXTSTEP is a discontinued object-oriented, multitasking operating system based on the Mach kernel and the UNIX-derived BSD. It was developed by NeXT, founded by Steve Jobs, in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was initially used for its range of proprietary workstation computers such as the NeXT Computer. It was later ported to several other computer architectures and was later bought by Apple Inc. to replace the older Classic Mac OS with macOS.
Although relatively unsuccessful at the time, it attracted interest from computer scientists and researchers. It hosted the original development of the Electronic AppWrapper, the first commercial electronic software distribution catalog to collectively manage encryption and provide digital rights for application software and digital media, a forerunner of the modern "app store" concept. It is the platform on which Tim Berners-Lee created the first web browser, and on which id Software developed the video games Doom and Quake.