CHM Live | Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different

(Avie Tevanian) A couple days before Christmas (1996), we signed the deal, to be purchased by Apple. And we thought this was great, 'cause NeXT was a total roller coaster ride, ups and downs like crazy, and now we've got the power of Apple behind us, we're gonna get our software out there, we're gonna rebuild the company, fix it all. (Chris Espinosa) It was just a bigger roller coaster, Avie. (1:14:10)
(Avie Tevanian) And it wasn't even just the technology, it was dealing with the people, that was the hardest part. (1:20:48)