Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs’ NeXT stops making computers

Photo of the NeXT Cube computer manufactured by NeXT Inc.

February 9, 1993: NeXT Inc., founded by Steve Jobs after being forced out of Apple, is ending computer production. The company changes its name to NeXT Software and focuses its efforts exclusively on producing code for other platforms. In mass layoffs, 330 of NeXT’s 500 employees will lose their jobs in an event known internally … Read more