Nezuro, Kukadzi 9, zvakazadzikiswa Makore makumi maviri nemana kubvira NEXT Computer, kambani yakaumbwa naSteve Jobs paakadzingwa kukambani yake, akazvipira kuita software uye akakanganwa nezvebhizinesi remakomputa. Iyo kambani yakazotumidzwa zita rekuti NEXT Software, uye kubva musi iwoyo yakatarisa zvese zviwanikwa pakugadzira software yemapuratifomu aripo.
Nezuva rakaita zuro muna 1993, NEXT yakaita shanduko huru kumitemo yayo, dkutsanangura zvinangwa zvitsva zveayo bhizimusi modhi kusvika parizvino. Zuva iro rinorangarirwa zvinosiririsa se "Chipiri Chipiri".
"Dema Chipiri" kwaive kuramwa kukuru uko NeXT Software yakatambura sezvo yakaparadzaniswa nenzira nemadhipatimendi akasiyana siyana aisazoshanda kukambani. yakavambwa naMabasa. Nekudaro, pavashandi mazana mashanu vaive nekambani, vangangoita 500 vavo vakadzingwa basa.
Zvinoenderana nenyanzvi dzenguva, shanduko iyi yekufambisa yaive yakaipa inodiwa: Kunyangwe iwo makomputa maviri akange atangwa nekambani pamusika (NeXT Computer, kubva muna 1988, uye NeXTstation, kubva muna1990) aikosheswa zvakanyanya, haana kutora zvikamu zvikuru zvemusika, haana kutengwa zvakanyanya.
Muchokwadi, sekutanga sa1992 Kurasikirwa kukambani yeMabasa kwaifungidzirwa kunge ingangosvika madhora makumi mana emamiriyoni. Kunyangwe paine chokwadi chekuti mukutanga kwema90, Apple yakatambura kuderera kwayo kwehupfumi, kutengesa kweiyo Cupertino-yakavakirwa kambani yaive yakakwira zvakanyanya kupfuura iyo yeNEXT.
«Inofungidzirwa kuti NeXT Computer yakatengesa makombuta anosvika zviuru makumi mashanu, zvichipedzisa kutengesa kwayo muna Kukadzi 50.000 (makore manomwe echiitiko). Kare ikako, ndizvo zvaigona kutengeswa neApple muvhiki. "
Steve Jobs akaona panguva iyoyo mari yaive musoftware. Muchokwadi, icho chakanangana nechinhu, UNIX-based operating system iyo NEXT yakagadzirirwa mumakore mashoma anotevera, Yakanga iri kumberi kune izvo makambani mazhinji aipa panguva iyoyo.
Kufamba kwaTobs kwaakakwanisa munguva pfupi yapfuura kutengesa iyi NeXT software, inonzi NEXTSTEP, kune Apple pachayo, kuva CEO wekambani yake zvakare. Iyi software yaive hwaro hweizvo vashandisi veApple vaiziva seMac OS X Server 1.0, iyo yakabuda muna 1999.
