On December 20, 1996, Apple Computer officially bought NeXT, the computer company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple a decade earlier.

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On November 25, 1996, NeXT contacted Apple about the possibility of Apple licensing its OpenStep operating system -- paving the way to OS X.

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Three years after leaving Apple, Steve Jobs prepares to launch the NeXT Computer, the machine he hopes will exact his revenge on Cupertino.

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On September 2, 1985, the tech rumor mill reported that Steve Jobs was on the verge of setting up his own company to take on Apple.

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