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Interesting interview with the inventor of the world wide web

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And Sir Tim developed the WWW on the most advanced personal computer of its time, NeXT (naturally a UNIX-class machine). NeXT Computer Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs, after he was booted out of Apple, the company he founded.

In 1997, when Apple was on its knees (only $3 bn left in the bank), they bought NeXT. The highly advanced NeXT operating system became the foundation for Mac OS X. Back came Steve. Now Apple has about $30 bn cash in the bank.

And the rest is yet more history from the company that continues to chart the course of modern computing. A version of the UNIX-class Mac OS X underpins both the iPhone and next month's iPad.

One day in the past, the Internet was UNIX and UNIX was the Internet. One day in the future, all computers will be UNIX-class and the current prevlance of the non-mainstream DOS-Windows operating system (replete with viruses & security issues), will be an unlamented memory.

I understand that for his own computer, the inventor of the web now uses the latest version of the old NeXT OS. It has a fruit flavour.
Sir Tim was interviewed/was subject of a programme on BBC Worldwide TV last week - it's still probably possible to view it..

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