35 years ago, Steve Jobs launched an obscure operating system that changed everything
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of NeXTSTEP, a computer operating system launched by Steve Jobs during his years away from Apple. Deeply obscure these days and long since discontinued, it’s nevertheless had a monumental impact on computing history and development — and has led to many of the things we take for granted every day.
The World Wide Web? It was dreamed up on NeXTSTEP. It paved the way for macOS and all of Apple’s other modern operating systems. And as we mentioned earlier, it was crafted at a company led by a certain Steve Jobs. You might have heard of him.
Put together, it’s hard to overstate the legacy of NeXTSTEP and its innovations, both large and small. It could be the most influential operating system you’ve never heard of.