They failed to live up to any of their hype or any of their market goals. It didn't revolutionize education. It didn't sell much hardware, despite multiple hardware versions. It didn't gain significant market share as an OS. It didn't gain significant market share in Windows developer tools. When Apple bought them, the NeXT market was negligible enough that they basically stopped making anything for it.
They definitely had some success in niche markets, I think they turned a modest profit one year, and I don't think their investors lost any money. But it's not like they made a ton for the level of risk they took.
Yes, Jobs managed to make lemonade out of his multiple failures. But NeXT was never a commercial success.
They definitely had some success in niche markets, I think they turned a modest profit one year, and I don't think their investors lost any money. But it's not like they made a ton for the level of risk they took.
Yes, Jobs managed to make lemonade out of his multiple failures. But NeXT was never a commercial success.