@dnaunton@fosstodon.org @atpfm IIRC, there was a chance of Apple buying Be rather than NeXT. Of course, Jobs helming NeXT probably had a lot to do with the eventual outcome.

(And macOS is clearly the descendant of NeXT. I'm glad that Haiku exists as a re-creation of BeOS, though. Its use of extended attributes is still my favorite aspect. I think it's unfortunate what Palm did to Be.)