alt Hacker News> Could Apple build MacOS X and Cocoa today if they didn't already exist?
Apple got rid of all the NeXT people long ago, with Tim Cook stabbing Scott Forstall in the back, so the answer is No.
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ak39 • today at 4:38 AM
This type of story about management getting rid of the old guard is so common and typical, it remains one of the most frustrating aspects of this industry.
In the “enterprise scene”, this sort of purge strategy is likely linked to a big percentage of money wasted and sometimes total failure.
Why do managers keep making this mistake? “Legacy” is only a bad word in IT. :-(
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steve1977 • today at 7:33 PM
Craig Federighi was working on EOF at NeXT I think.
This is completely false, many NeXT people still work there.