<s>
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
(	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
System	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
workstation	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
marketed	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
NeXT	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
around	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
CPU	B-Device
and	O
68882	B-General_Concept
floating-point	B-Algorithm
coprocessor	B-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
a	O
clock	O
speed	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Mach	B-Operating_System
microkernel	I-Operating_System
and	O
BSD-derived	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
proprietary	O
GUI	O
using	O
a	O
Display	O
PostScript-based	O
back	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
was	O
renamed	O
NeXTcube	B-Device
in	O
a	O
later	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NeXTstation	B-Device
,	O
a	O
more	O
affordable	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
NeXTcube	B-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
was	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
1988	O
at	O
a	O
lavish	O
invitation-only	O
event	O
,	O
"	O
NeXT	O
Introduction	O
–	O
the	O
Introduction	O
to	O
the	O
NeXT	O
Generation	O
of	O
Computers	O
for	O
Education	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Louise	O
M	O
.	O
Davies	O
Symphony	O
Hall	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
selected	O
educators	O
and	O
software	O
developers	O
were	O
invited	O
to	O
attend	O
—	O
for	O
a	O
$100	O
registration	O
fee	O
—	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
technical	O
overview	O
of	O
the	O
NeXT	B-Device
computer	I-Device
at	O
an	O
event	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
NeXT	O
Day	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Hilton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
gave	O
those	O
interested	O
in	O
developing	O
NeXT	O
software	O
an	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
software	O
architecture	O
and	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Jobs	O
was	O
the	O
luncheon	O
's	O
speaker	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
BYTE	B-Application
magazine	O
listed	O
the	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
among	O
the	O
"	O
Excellence	O
"	O
winners	O
of	O
the	O
BYTE	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
showed	O
"	O
what	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
when	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
is	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
hardware	O
elements	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citing	O
as	O
"	O
truly	O
innovative	O
"	O
the	O
optical	O
drive	O
,	O
DSP	B-Architecture
and	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
environment	O
,	O
it	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
is	O
worth	O
every	O
penny	O
of	O
its	O
$	O
6,500	O
market	O
price	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
not	O
a	O
significant	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
failing	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
high-volume	O
sales	O
like	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
workstations	B-Device
were	O
sold	O
to	O
universities	O
,	O
financial	O
institutions	O
,	O
and	O
government	O
agencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
NeXT	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
and	O
its	O
object-oriented	B-Language
development	O
tools	O
and	O
libraries	O
were	O
used	O
by	O
Tim	O
Berners-Lee	O
and	O
Robert	O
Cailliau	O
at	O
CERN	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
(	O
CERN	B-Application
httpd	I-Application
)	O
and	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
(	O
WorldWideWeb	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NeXT	O
platform	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
Jesse	O
Tayler	O
at	O
Paget	O
Press	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
first	O
electronic	O
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
,	O
called	O
the	O
Electronic	B-Application
AppWrapper	I-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pioneering	O
PC	O
games	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
Doom	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
(	O
with	O
respective	O
level	O
editors	O
)	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
id	O
Software	O
on	O
NeXT	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doom	B-Application
engine	I-Application
games	O
such	O
as	O
Heretic	B-Application
,	O
Hexen	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Strife	B-Application
were	O
also	O
developed	O
on	O
NeXT	O
hardware	O
using	O
id	O
's	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
