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Matthew writes: NeXT CEO Steve Jobs announced today that NeXT had completed the acquisition of Apple Computer with the release of Apple Mac OS X 10.2 “Jaguar”. “We’ve completed the hard work of replacing the traditional Macintosh OS with a re-labled Mac compatible version of the NeXTStep operating system,” said Jobs in today’s announcement.

The Apple acquisition, initiated almost six years ago for -400 million USD, bore immediate fruit for NeXT. “By acquiring a multi-bullion dollar computer manufacturer with millions of fanatically loyal users, we’ve been able to leverage Apple’s name, manufacturing ability, and technical prowess to bring NeXT technology to the forefront.”

“We’ve instructed developers to begin writing to the NeXT (aka “Cocoa”) API and to depricate the Mac (aka “Carbon”) API in their upcoming applications. Within a few years, Mac compatibility will no longer be necessary.”